Iridaceae
Gladiolus

Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel

First published in Sert. Bot. 2(1): 18 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Azores, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Madeira, Mexico Central, Peru

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Franck, A.R., Anderson, L.C., Burkhalter, J.R. & Dickman, S. (2016). Additions to the flora of Florida, U.S.A. (2010-2015). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 10: 175-190.
  • Frohlich, D. & Lau, A. (2014). New plant records for the Hawaiian islands 2012-2013. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 115: 7-17.
  • Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1-102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Innes, C. (1985). The World of Iridaceae: 1-407. Holly Gare International Ltd., Ashington. [Cited as Gladiolus natalensis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: i-viii, 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
  • Brako, L. in Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 573-576. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Franck, A.R., Anderson, L.C., Burkhalter, J.R. & Dickman, S. (2016). Additions to the flora of Florida, U.S.A. (2010-2015). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 10: 175-190.
  • Frohlich, D. & Lau, A. (2014). New plant records for the Hawaiian islands 2012-2013. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 115: 7-17.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 428, fig. 436 (1987).
  • Cribb & Leedal, Mountain Fl. S. Tanz.: 177, t. 50B (1982).
  • Goldblatt in Fl. Madag. 45, ed. 2: 42 (1991)
  • Goldblatt in Flora Zambesiaca 12(4): 89 (1993)
  • Goldblatt in Gladiolus Trop. Afr.: 207 (1996).
  • Hilliard & Burtt in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin. 37: 297 (1979).
  • Van Geel, Sert. Bot., fasc. 28 (1829).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Cooper, T. [3593] South Africa K000320882 Holotype Yes
Cooper, T. [3593] South Africa K000320881 Type Yes
[Rakotoariama gafoúh] [5166] Madagascar K002434795 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [9755] South Africa K002205112 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4502] Yemen K002432189 Yes
{Bruce, Miss E. M.} [724] Tanzania K002433508 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] South Africa K002205191 Yes
Barker, W.F. [s.n.] South Africa K002205193 Yes
Adlam, R.W. [s.n.] South Africa K000320883 Holotype Yes
[2859] South Africa K002205144 No
Rogers, F.A. [22597] South Africa K002205178 Yes
Flanagan, H.G. [s.n.] South Africa K000320886 Type Yes
Flanagan, H.G. [s.n.] South Africa K000320885 Type Yes
Humbert, H.; Cours, G. [23921] Madagascar K002434793 Yes
Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O.A. [3111] Namibia K002205128 Yes
s.coll. [422] South Africa K002205108 Yes
Tyson, W. [1653] South Africa K000320884 Holotype Yes
Williamson, C. [594] Lesotho K002205205 Yes
Cribbs; Grey-Wilson, C. [10446] Tanzania K002433512 Yes
Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O.A. [3111] Namibia K002205129 Yes
Bowker, H. [s.n.] South Africa K002205194 Yes
Summerhayes, G.V. [76] Nigeria K002432697 Yes
Plowes, D.C.H. [3463] South Africa K002205179 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [2659] Tanzania K002433511 Yes
[Ramacolloto Gerfoutr] [5048] Madagascar K002434790 Yes
Humbert, H.; Capuron, R. [28053] Madagascar K002434794 Yes
Rogers, F.A.; Moss, C.E. [1803] South Africa K002205134 Yes
Tölken, H.; Collett, R. [2528] South Africa K002205123 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [846] Nigeria K002432698 Yes
s.coll. [1972] Tanzania K002433333 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [14007a] South Africa K002205133 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2268] South Africa K002205120 Yes
{Bruce, Miss E. M.} [724] Tanzania K002433507 Yes
{Rakotovao, C.; et al.; Ramanantsoa, R.; Rakotomalala, J.J.; Randriantsoa, M.} [754] Madagascar K002434789 Yes
[65] South Africa K002205148 Yes
Sankey, H.J. [287] South Africa K002205115 Yes
Lely, H.V. [625] Nigeria K002432700 Yes
[1109] South Africa K002205143 Yes
v. der Schijff, H.P. [3009] South Africa K002205125 Yes
Pócs, T.; Minja, T.R.A. [88070/H] Tanzania K002433515 Yes
Merrett, L. [1734] Zambia K002434358 Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K002205117 Yes
[F 201] South Africa K002205147 Yes
[22982] South Africa K002205139 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002205199 Yes
Moss, C.E.; Rogers, F.A. [1880] South Africa K002205136 Yes
Ware [s.n.] South Africa K002205182 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [12508] South Africa K002205122 Yes
Collenette, S. [389] Saudi Arabia K001733463 Yes
Reynolds, G.W. [3724] South Africa K002205109 Yes
Rakotonasolo, F.; Vorotsova, M.; Ratovonirina, G. [RNF 1912] Madagascar K000753630 Yes
s.coll. [88] Nigeria K002432696 Yes
Compton, R.H. [27336] Eswatini K002205126 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1554] Tanzania K002433506 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [74/151] Yemen K002432197 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI25956] Nigeria K002432701 Yes
Barker, W.F. [s.n.] South Africa K002205192 Yes
Leichtlin [s.n.] Eswatini K002205200 Yes
Medley Wood, J. [4819] South Africa K002205107 Yes
[s.n.] South Africa K002205142 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Lovett, J.; Paul, J.L.; Pócs, T. [217] Tanzania K002433513 Yes
Phillips, E.P. [3500] South Africa K002205116 Yes
Neethling, comm., Grosskopf. [586] South Africa K000320888 Type Yes
Mauve, A.A. [4794] South Africa K002205187 Yes
s.coll. [506] Sierra Leone K002432675 Yes
Rogers, F.A.; Moss, C.E. [1803] South Africa K002205135 Yes
Randriamampionona, B. [225] Madagascar K002434791 Yes
Bowler [s.n.] South Africa K002205195 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Maiato, F.; Luis, J.C. [8662] Angola K001589661 Yes
Frisby, A.; Maiato, F. [4072] Angola K001334073 Yes
Maiato, F.; Camôngua, J. [1123] Angola K001581910 Yes
Leach, H. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K002432195 Yes
Lely, H.V. [256] Nigeria K002432695 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [9884] South Africa K002205124 Yes
Germishuizen, P.J. [65] South Africa K002205110 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [1192] South Africa K002205119 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, Q.; Butynski, T.; Ehardt, C.; Jones, T. [8652] Tanzania K002433331 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [10284] Zambia K002434360 Yes
Dieterlen, (M); Dieterlen (Mme) [454 a] Lesotho K002205113 Yes
Beaumont, L. [s.n.] South Africa K002205201 Yes
Dyck, S.? [s.n.] South Africa K000320880 Type Yes
Lely, H.V. [244] Nigeria K002432699 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002205175 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [2026] Tanzania K002433510 Yes
[Dargé] [3502] South Africa K002205198 Yes
Hodge, W.H. [8578] South Africa K002205197 Yes
Fawkes, W.R. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K001733464 Yes
Merrett, L. [1734] Zambia K002434359 Yes
Roger, J.A. [25109] South Africa K002205137 Yes
Lavranos, J.J. [1877] Saudi Arabia K002432198 Yes
Mauve, A.A. [4794] South Africa K002205188 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002205185 Yes
[Lipen Sent] [s.n.] South Africa K002205172 Yes
[18184] South Africa K002205152 Yes
Skema, C.K.; et al. [19] Madagascar K002434785 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [12574] Zambia K002434361 Yes
Collenette [1120] Saudi Arabia K002432191 Yes
[M. A. W. R. Mes] [s.n.] South Africa K002205132 Yes
Spellenberg, R.; Abushe'ar, A.A. [7154] Yemen K002432193 Yes
Cooper, T. [689] South Africa K002205104 Yes
Cooper, T. [[589]] South Africa K002205103 Yes
Humbert, H.; Cours, G. [23922] Madagascar K002434792 Yes
Rogers [22597] South Africa K002205184 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [250] Nigeria K002432694 Yes
[1624] South Africa K002205145 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [8501] Saudi Arabia K002432194 Yes
de Winter, B.; Marais, W. [5003] South Africa K002205127 Yes
{Mrs. Hugh Jameson} [s.n.] South Africa K002205196 Yes
Dieterlen, A. [454a] Lesotho K002205203 Yes
Kalema, J. [Jk 2191] Uganda K002433516 Yes
s.coll. [H1694-22] South Africa K002205181 Yes
[16177] South Africa K002205151 Yes
[1532] South Africa K001734243 Yes
Jansen, P.C.M.; Boane, C. [7824] Mozambique K002434383 Yes
{Friis; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B.} [3320] Ethiopia K002432996 Yes
Ward, C.J. [3785] South Africa K002205183 Yes
Guillarmod, J.; Getliffe; Mzamane [343] Lesotho K002205204 Yes
Dieterlen, A. [454a] Lesotho K002205202 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [4656] South Africa K002205180 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [118] South Africa K002205138 Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [1478] South Africa K002205106 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [3196] South Africa K002205131 Yes
Fawkes [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K002432199 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Lovett, J.; Paul, J.L.; Pócs, T. [217] Tanzania K002433514 Yes
Seromon, R.A. [74] South Africa K002205176 Yes
Killick; [Vahrmeijer] [3576] South Africa K002205111 Yes
Blackmore, S.; Brummitt, R.K.; Banda, E.A. [444] Malawi K002434357 Yes
[1432] South Africa K002205150 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [13946] South Africa K002205190 Yes
[23619] South Africa K002205149 Yes
Collector unknown [NBG 1361/30.] South Africa K000320887 Type Yes
Collenette, I.S. [1120] Saudi Arabia K002432192 Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K002205118 Yes
[1148] South Africa K002205141 Yes
[Mrs. Kenchie]; [Mr. Kenchie] [s.n.] South Africa K002205174 Yes
{Hort. Kew.} [s.n.] South Africa K002205186 Yes
s.coll. [461] South Africa K002205105 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1563] Tanzania K002433509 Yes
s.coll. [22597] South Africa K002205121 Yes
Pooley, E.S. [2091] South Africa K002205189 Yes
Papp [s.n.] South Africa K002205173 Yes
Dieterlen, A. [454a] K002205114 Yes
s.coll. [1912] Tanzania K002433332 Yes
[s.n.] South Africa K002205146 Yes
Strey, R.G. [9260] South Africa K002205177 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [579] South Africa K002205130 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [5925] K002432196 Yes
[77] South Africa K002205140 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1554] Tanzania K002433505 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4880] Yemen K002432190 Yes
[25109] South Africa K001734242 Yes

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