Iridaceae
Gladiolus

Gladiolus gracillimus Baker

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 74 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to Zambia. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1895: 74 (1895)
  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 363 (1898).
  • Geerinck in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 42: 275 (1972).
  • Goldblatt in Flora Zambesiaca 12(4): 83 (1993)
  • Goldblatt in Gladiolus Trop. Afr.: 164 (1996).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1983 Carson, A. [s.n.] Tanzania K000320749 Holotype Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. & Bigwood, S. [9595] Zambia K001553898 Yes
Carson, A. [s.n.] Tanzania K001040301 Unknown Type Material Yes
Carson [118] Zambia K000320803 Holotype Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2149] Zambia K:SPC-24261.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2712A] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-50418.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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