Gladiolus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Gladiolus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Gladiolus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Gladiolus
Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae).
It is sometimes called the 'sword lily', but is usually called by its generic name (plural gladioli).
The genus occurs in Asia, Mediterranean Europe, South Africa, and tropical Africa. The center of diversity is in the Cape Floristic Region. The genera Acidanthera, Anomalesia, Homoglossum, and Oenostachys, formerly considered distinct, are now included in Gladiolus.
...Gladiolus in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Swaardlelies
- Belarusian
- Гладыёлус
- Czech
- mečík
- Dutch
- zwaardlelies
- English
- Painted Ladies
- English
- Gladioli
- English
- Sword Lilies
- Finnish
- miekkaliljat
- French
- Glaïeul
- German
- Schwertblumen
- German
- Gladiolen
- Italian
- gladioli
- Japanese
- グラジオラス属
- Lithuanian
- Kardelis
- Polish
- Mieczyk
- Russian
- Гладиолус
- Slovene
- meček
- Swedish
- sabelliljor
- Turkish
- glayöl
- Ukrainian
- Косарики
- Ukrainian
- Гладіолус
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Acidanthera
- Blandus
- Decorati
- Densiflorus
- Gladiolus
- Gladiolus actinomorphanthus
- Gladiolus aequinoctialis
- Gladiolus amplifolius
- Gladiolus anatolicus
- Gladiolus andringitrae
- Gladiolus antandroyi
- Gladiolus attilae
- Gladiolus balensis
- Gladiolus baumii
- Gladiolus bellus
- Gladiolus bojeri
- Gladiolus calcicola
- Gladiolus canaliculatus
- Gladiolus candidus
- Gladiolus caryophyllaceus × tristis
- Gladiolus caucasicus
- Gladiolus chelamontanus
- Gladiolus curtilimbus
- Gladiolus dalenii × oppositiflorus
- Gladiolus davisoniae
- Gladiolus debeerstii
- Gladiolus decaryi
- Gladiolus dzavakheticus
- Gladiolus flavoviridis
- Gladiolus goldblattianus
- Gladiolus horombensis
- Gladiolus humilis
- Gladiolus huttonii × tristis
- Gladiolus iroensis
- Gladiolus izzet-baysalii
- Gladiolus jonquilodorus
- Gladiolus kotschyanus
- Gladiolus ledoctei
- Gladiolus leonensis
- Gladiolus linearifolius
- Gladiolus longispathaceus
- Gladiolus luteus
- Gladiolus manikaensis
- Gladiolus menitskyi
- Gladiolus mensensis
- Gladiolus metallicola
- Gladiolus mosambicensis
- Gladiolus murgusicus
- Gladiolus negeliensis
- Gladiolus nyasicus
- Gladiolus oliganthus
- Gladiolus perrieri
- Gladiolus persicus
- Gladiolus praecostatus
- Gladiolus puberulus
- Gladiolus pungens
- Gladiolus richardsiae
- Gladiolus robiliartianus
- Gladiolus somalensis
- Gladiolus stenosiphon
- Gladiolus sulculatus
- Gladiolus szovitsii
- Gladiolus tshombeanus
- Gladiolus verdickii
- Gladiolus × colvillii
- Gladiolus × hortulanus
- Hebea
- Heterocolon
- Homoglossum
- Linearifolius
- Ophiolyza
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