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European Gladioli
Gladiolus
Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword,) is a genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae).
32 branches of this group, most-observed first

Field Gladiolus
speciesGladiolus italicus

Wild Gladiolus
speciesGladiolus illyricus

Eastern Gladiolus
speciesGladiolus communis

Turkish Marsh Gladiolus
speciesGladiolus imbricatus

Slender Corn-flag
speciesGladiolus tenuis

Doubtful Gladiolus
speciesGladiolus dubius

Marsh Gladiolus
speciesGladiolus palustris

Steppe Gladiolus
speciesGladiolus atroviolaceus

Three-leaved Gladiolus
speciesGladiolus triphyllus

Gladiolus kotschyanus
speciesGladiolus kotschyanus

Anatolian Gladiolus
speciesGladiolus anatolicus

Gladiolus gallaecicus
speciesGladiolus gallaecicus

Gladiolus dzavakheticus
speciesGladiolus dzavakheticus

Gladiolus caucasicus
speciesGladiolus caucasicus

Gladiolus persicus
speciesGladiolus persicus

Gladiolus hajastanicus
speciesGladiolus hajastanicus
Gladiolus antakiensis
speciesGladiolus antakiensis

Gladiolus osmaniyensis
speciesGladiolus osmaniyensis

Gladiolus virgineus
speciesGladiolus virgineus
Gladiolus izzet-baysalii
speciesGladiolus izzet-baysalii
Gladiolus attilae
speciesGladiolus attilae

Gladiolus humilis
speciesGladiolus humilis
Gladiolus hamzaoglui
speciesGladiolus hamzaoglui
Gladiolus siirtensis
speciesGladiolus siirtensis
Gladiolus oreophilus
speciesGladiolus oreophilus
Gladiolus alucraensis
speciesGladiolus alucraensis

Gladiolus micranthus
speciesGladiolus micranthus
Gladiolus menitskyi
speciesGladiolus menitskyi
Gladiolus szovitsii
speciesGladiolus szovitsii
Gladiolus alanyensis
speciesGladiolus alanyensis
Gladiolus aladagensis
speciesGladiolus aladagensis
Gladiolus halophilus
speciesGladiolus halophilus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Marcelli Malpighii ... Anatome Plantarum
Malpighi, Marcello · 1675 · p.163

Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.219

Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.195

Carl Linnaeus — Hortus Cliffortianus (1737)
Carl Linnaeus · 1737 · p.81

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1161

Garden of Health
1507 · p.162

The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.159

Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.568

On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.522

De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.530

On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.774

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.657
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 713534.