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The genus Gladiolus is in the family Iridaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

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Species in Gladiolus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Gladiolus abbreviatus Andrews	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus abyssinicus (Brongn. ex Lem.) B.D.Jacks.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus actinomorphanthus P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus acuminatus F.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus aequinoctialis Herb.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus alatus L.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus albens Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus amplifolius Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus anatolicus (Boiss.) Stapf	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus andringitrae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus angustus L.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus antakiensis A.P.Ham.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus antandroyi Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus appendiculatus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus aquamontanus Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus arcuatus Klatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus atropictus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus atropurpureus Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus atroviolaceus Boiss.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus attilae Kit Tan, B.Mathew & A.Baytop	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus aurantiacus Klatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus aureus Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus balensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus baumii Harms	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus bellus C.H.Wright	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus benguellensis Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus bilineatus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus blommesteinii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus bojeri (Baker) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus bonaespei Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus boranensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus brachyphyllus F.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus brevifolius Jacq.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus brevitubus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus buckerveldii (L.Bolus) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus bullatus Thunb. ex N.E.Br.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus caeruleus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus calcaratus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus calcicola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus canaliculatus Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus candidus (Rendle) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus cardinalis Curtis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus carinatus Aiton	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus carmineus C.H.Wright	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus carneus F.Delaroche	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus caryophyllaceus (Burm.f.) Poir.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus cataractarum Oberm.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus caucasicus Herb.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus ceresianus L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus chelamontanus Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus chevalierianus Marais	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus communis L.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus comptonii G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus crassifolius Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus crispulatus L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus cruentus T.Moore	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus cunonius (L.) Gaertn.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus curtifolius Marais	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus curtilimbus P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal ex S.Córdova	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus cylindraceus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus davisoniae F.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus debeerstii De Wild.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus debilis Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus decaryi Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus decoratus Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus delpierrei Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus densiflorus Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus deserticolus Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus dichrous (Bullock) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus dolomiticus Oberm.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus × dubius Guss.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus dzavakheticus Eristavi	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus ecklonii Lehm.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus elliotii Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus emiliae L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus engysiphon G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus equitans Thunb.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus erectiflorus Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus exiguus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus exilis G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus fenestratus Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus ferrugineus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus filiformis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus flanaganii Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus flavoviridis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus floribundus Jacq.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus fourcadei (L.Bolus) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus geardii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus goldblattianus Geerinck	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus gracilis Jacq.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus gracillimus Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus grandiflorus Andrews	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus grantii Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus gregarius Welw. ex Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus griseus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus gueinzii Kunze	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus gunnisii (Rendle) Marais	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus guthriei F.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus hajastanicus Gabrieljan	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus halophilus Boiss. & Heldr.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus harmsianus Vaupel	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus hirsutus Jacq.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus hollandii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus horombensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus hortulanus L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Gladiolus huillensis (Welw. ex Baker) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus humilis Stapf	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus huttonii (N.E.Br.) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus hyalinus Jacq.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus illyricus W.D.J.Koch	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus imbricatus L.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus inandensis Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus inflatus (Thunb.) Thunb.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus inflexus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus insolens Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus intonsus Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus invenustus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus involutus D.Delaroche	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus iroensis (A.Chev.) Marais	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus italicus Mill.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus jonquilodorus Eckl. ex G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus juncifolius Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus kamiesbergensis G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus kotschyanus Boiss.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus lapeirousioides Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus laxiflorus Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus ledoctei P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus leonensis Marais	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus leptosiphon F.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus × lewisiae Oberm.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus liliaceus Houtt.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus linearifolius Vaupel	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus lithicola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus longicollis Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus longispathaceus Cufod.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus loteniensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus lundaensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus luteus Lam.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus macneilii Oberm.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus maculatus Sweet	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus magnificus (Harms) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus malvinus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus manikaensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus marlothii G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus martleyi L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus meliusculus (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus melleri Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus menitskyi Gabrieljan	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus mensensis (Schweinf.) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus meridionalis G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus metallicola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus micranthus Stapf	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus microcarpus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus microspicatus P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal ex S.Córdova	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus miniatus Eckl.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus mirus Vaupel	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus monticola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus mosambicensis Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus mostertiae L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus muenzneri Vaupel	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus murgusicus Mikheev	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus murielae Kelway	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus mutabilis G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus negeliensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus nerineoides G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus nigromontanus Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus nyasicus Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus oatesii Rolfe	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus ochroleucus Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus oliganthus Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus oligophlebius Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus oppositiflorus Herb.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus orchidiflorus Andrews	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus oreocharis Schltr.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus ornatus Klatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus overbergensis Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus palustris Gaudin	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus papilio Hook.f.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus pappei Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus pardalinus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus parvulus Schltr.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus patersoniae F.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus pauciflorus Baker ex Oliv.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus pavonia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus permeabilis F.Delaroche	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus perrieri Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus persicus Boiss.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus phoenix Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus pole-evansii Verd.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus praecostatus Marais	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus pretoriensis Kuntze	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus priorii (N.E.Br.) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus pritzelii Diels	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus puberulus Vaupel	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus pubigerus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus pulcherrimus (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus pungens P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal ex S.Córdova	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus pusillus Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus quadrangularis (Burm.f.) Aiton	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus quadrangulus (D.Delaroche) Barnard	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus recurvus L.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus rehmannii Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus rhodanthus J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus richardsiae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus robertsoniae F.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus robiliartianus P.A.Duvign.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus rogersii Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus roseolus Chiov.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus roseovenosus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus rubellus Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus rudis Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus rufomarginatus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus rupicola Vaupel	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus saccatus (Klatt) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus salmoneicolor P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal ex S.Córdova	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus salteri G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus saundersii Hook.f.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus saxatilis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus scabridus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus schweinfurthii (Baker) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus scullyi Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus sekukuniensis P.J.D.Winter	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus sempervirens G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus serapiiflorus Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus serenjensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus sericeovillosus Hook.f.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus serpenticola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus somalensis Goldblatt & Thulin	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus speciosus Thunb.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus splendens (Sweet) Herb.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus stefaniae Oberm.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus stellatus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus stenolobus Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus stenosiphon Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus stokoei G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus subcaeruleus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus sudanicus Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus sufflavus (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus symonsii F.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus szovitsii Grossh.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus taubertianus Schltr.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus tenellus Eckl.	Accepted		TRO
Gladiolus tenuis M.Bieb.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus teretifolius Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus trichonemifolius Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus triphyllus (Sm.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus tristis L.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus tshombeanus P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus tubiflorus L.f.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus uitenhagensis Goldblatt & Vlok	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus undulatus L.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus unguiculatus Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus usambarensis Marais ex Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus uysiae L.Bolus ex G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus vaginatus F.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus vandermerwei (L.Bolus) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus variegatus (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus varius F.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus velutinus De Wild.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus venustus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus verdickii De Wild. & T.Durand	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus vernus Oberm.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus vigilans Barnard	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus vinosomaculatus Kies	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus violaceolineatus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus virescens Thunb.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus virgatus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus viridiflorus G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus watermeyeri L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus watsonioides Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus watsonius Thunb.	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus wilsonii (Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus woodii Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus zambesiacus Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Gladiolus zimbabweensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants

Statistics

The Plant List includes 820 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Gladiolus. Of these 276 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 132 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Gladiolus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 820 species names for the genus Gladiolus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	276	33.7%
◕	Synonym	504	61.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	40	4.9%

All names

The status of the 952 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Gladiolus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	288	30.3%
◕	Synonym	623	65.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	41	4.3%

Of these names,

• 5 are recorded as invalid
• 95 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 820 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Gladiolus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	274	491	0	0	765	93.3%
	Medium confidence	2	5	0	0	7	0.9%
	Low confidence	0	8	0	40	48	5.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Gladiolus, are as follows: