Gladiolus aequinoctialis Herb.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 85 (1842)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Cameroon. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, second edition 3: i-vi, 1-276. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations. [Cited as Acidanthera aequinoctialis.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13584] Cameroon K000580297 Yes
Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [2169] Cameroon K000436736 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [651] Cameroon K000212821 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [10776] Cameroon K000212824 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [7584] Cameroon K000109635 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [7598] Cameroon K000109634 Yes
Mar 1, 2001 Sebsebe; Demissew [5088] Cameroon K000109633 Yes
Jul 1, 1995 Cable, S. [118] Cameroon K000085049 Yes
Letouzey, R. [8624] Cameroon K002432976 Yes
Harvey, M.J. [81] Sierra Leone K002432745 Yes
Saxer, A. [128] Cameroon K002432975 Yes
Letouzey, R. [14279] Cameroon K002432974 Yes
Deighton, J.C. [1244] Sierra Leone K000320722 Holotype Yes
Cole, N.H.A. [145] Sierra Leone K002432744 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0