Iridaceae
Gladiolus

Gladiolus communis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 36 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & Central Medit., Krym, Caucasus. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Bulgaria, Corse, France, Italy, Krym, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Kentucky, Kenya, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Colasante, M.A. (2014). Iridaceae presenti in Italia: 1-415. Sapienza, Università Editrice, Roma.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Hurrell, J.A. & Delucchi, G. (2005). Iridaceae Ixioideae adventicias en la Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 40: 289-296.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Moscoso, R.M. in Moscoso, R.H. (1943). Catalogus Florae Domingensis 1: 86. New York.
  • Rico, E. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora Iberica 20: 1-651. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Tison, J.-M. & Girod, C. (2014). Synopsis du genre Gladiolus L. (Iridaceae) en France. Journal de Botanique Société de Botanique de France 68: 69-75.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew's Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Hurrell, J.A. & Delucchi, G. (2005). Iridaceae Ixioideae adventicias en la Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 40: 289-296.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bourgeau [s.n.] France K001733320 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Hunt, D.R.; Leistner, O.A. [5030] Italy K002431611 Yes
Day, C.D. [457] Türkiye K000341683 Yes
Dammann [57] New Zealand K002206770 Yes
Dammann [64] K002206772 Yes
Dammann [s.n.] K002206768 Yes
Gill [s.n.] United Kingdom K002431624 Yes
s.coll [[26]] Luxembourg K001613275 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K002431622 Yes
s.coll. [4] K002431621 Yes
Forsyth-Major, C.I. [H29223] Italy K002431615 Yes
Forsyth-Major, C.I. [H292-3] Italy K002431614 Yes
Peterson; Perior, A. [s.n.] K002431612 Yes
Todaro [1346] Italy K002431613 Yes
s.coll. [20] Spain K002432524 Yes
Delacour, Th. [s.n.] France K002431626 Yes
Dammann [54] New Zealand K002206769 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Luxembourg K001733321 Yes
Reverchon [s.n.] France K002431608 Yes
Watson, H.C. [386] United Kingdom K002431628 Yes
[Inalta] [579] K002431623 Yes
Eristavi, M. [s.n.] Faroe Islands K002431987 Yes
Delacour, Th.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002431625 Yes
Eristavi, M.I. [s.n.] Georgia K002431986 Yes
s.coll. [1311] Australia K002432546 Yes
Murray, B.V. [s.n.] Spain K002432522 Yes
[Lineas] [s.n.] K002431620 Yes
Rican, G. [s.n.] Czech Republic K002431619 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] Spain K002432523 Yes
Dammann [58] K002206771 Yes
Huet du Pavillon, E.; Huet du Pavillon, A. [s.n.] Italy K002431617 Yes
Pin, C.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002431627 Yes
Seligman, R. [15] Italy K002431610 Yes
Maly, K. [s.n.] K002431618 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Algeria K002432487 No
Meebold, A. [s.n.] Italy K002431609 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002431985 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [5656] Spain Gladiolus reuteri K:SPC-01255.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0