Gladiolus Linnaeus 1753
- Dataset
- Gladiolus alanyensis (Iridaceae), a new species from southern Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean basin
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Liliopsida
- order
- Asparagales
- family
- Iridaceae
- genus
- Gladiolus
Gladiolus Linnaeus 1753
Identification key of related species
1. Corm tunics papery or coriaceous; perigone purple or mauve-purple; capsule ellipsoid..................................................................2
1. Corm tunics membranous parallel or reticulate fibrous, perigone lilac to violet purple, magenta-pink or rose pink, capsule obovate, oblong-obovate or depressed elliptic..................................................................................................................................................3
2. Tunics of corm papery; stem (27–) 30–40 cm long; leaf lamina 2.5–4(–7) mm wide; style branches unequal, 1.8–2.5 mm long.............................................................................................................................................................................................. G. anatolicus
2. Tunics of corm coriaceous; stem up to 20 cm long; leaf lamina 4–7 mm wide, style branches ± equal, 3–4 mm long.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. G. humilis
3. Corm tunics membranous, parallel fibrous; spike distichous; perigone magenta-pink; capsule obovate..................... G. alanyensis
3. Corm tunics reticulate-fibrous; spike secund; perigone lilac to violet-purple or rose pink; capsule depressed elliptic or oblongobovate...............................................................................................................................................................................................4
4. Perigone lilac to violet purple, with tube straight; capsule depressed elliptic; seeds tetraquetrous, angulose........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... G. micranthus
4. Perigone rose-pink, with tube narrowly infundibular; capsule oblong-obovate; seeds subglobose................................ G. triphyllus
Name
- Homonyms
- Gladiolus Linnaeus 1753