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1311.000 Gladiolus - Gladioluses
OENOSTACHYS Bullock
Literature
Goldblatt, P. (1996) Gladiolus in Tropical Africa Timber Press. Portland, Oregon.
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs, dying back each year, with corms. Inflorescence a spike with secund flowers. Flowers zygomorphic; tepals united into a perianth tube. Style branches expanded above (i.e. broader towards apex) and sometimes 2-lobed at the apex. Fruit a capsule, slightly inflated. Seeds broadly winged. Derivation of name: 'Little sword' (Latin) referring to the flattened sword-shaped leaves Worldwide: c. 250 species in Europe, Mediterranean area, tropical African mountains, South Africa and Madagascar |
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Links to taxa (16) View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| atropurpureus Baker | Altitude Rainfall Geology | NCE | Description, Image |
| crassifolius Baker | Altitude Rainfall Geology | NCES | Description, Image |
| crassifolius (robust form) | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| dalenii Van Geel subsp. andongensis (Baker) Goldblatt | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N | |
| dalenii Van Geel subsp. dalenii | Altitude Rainfall Geology | NWCES | Description, Image |
| dalenii Van Geel subsp. dalenii (red form) | Altitude Rainfall Geology | Description, Image | |
| dalenii Van Geel subsp. dalenii (yellow form) | Altitude Rainfall Geology | Description, Image | |
| decoratus Baker | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| flavoviridis Goldblatt[End] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| juncifolius Goldblatt[NrEnd] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| magnificus (Harms) Goldblatt | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W | |
| melleri Baker | Altitude Rainfall Geology | NWCES | Description, Image |
| permeabilis D. Delaroche subsp. edulis (Burch. ex Ker Gawl.) Oberm. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | WCES | |
| sericeovillosus Hook. f. subsp. calvatus (Baker) Goldblatt | Altitude Rainfall Geology | CES | |
| unguiculatus Baker | Altitude Rainfall Geology | NWCES | Description, Image |
| zimbabweensis Goldblatt[NrEnd] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Gladiolus:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Gladiolus pageFlora of Mozambique: Gladiolus
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Gladiolus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Gladiolus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Gladiolus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gladiolus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Gladiolus
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Gladiolus
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