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Taxon

Gladiolus italicus Mill.

Protologue Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 2. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Tuscany. Totalfina Station on Hwy A1 (E35) so. of Arezzo. 12 May 02. 013.jpg

Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Tuscany. Totalfina Station on Hwy A1 (E35) so. of Arezzo. 12 May 02. 013.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Tuscany. Totalfina Station on Hwy A1 (E35) so. of Arezzo. 12 May 02. 015.jpg

Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Tuscany. Totalfina Station on Hwy A1 (E35) so. of Arezzo. 12 May 02. 015.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Tuscany. Totalfina Station on Hwy A1 (E35) so. of Arezzo. 12 May 02. 016.jpg

Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Tuscany. Totalfina Station on Hwy A1 (E35) so. of Arezzo. 12 May 02. 016.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 049.jpg

Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 049.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 050.jpg

Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 050.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 048.jpg

Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 048.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Abruzzo. Ortona, ca. Canadian Cemetery. 5 May 03. 003.jpg

Gladiolus italicus--Italy. Abruzzo. Ortona, ca. Canadian Cemetery. 5 May 03. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 39 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into Alabama, California, Madeira; extinct in Switzerland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 5, 2003

Location

Italy, Abruzzo (Torino di Sangro)

42.226111, 14.553611

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Torino di Sangro. Strada Communale Lentisco.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 12, 2002

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Monticiano)

43.128056, 11.264167

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Basso Merse

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Gladiolus

Specific Epithet

italicus

Authorship

Mill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#323,627 of 335,497

Top 97%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →