Gladiolus communis (Cornflag)

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A: Seed; B: embryo in situ; C: transection of seed of <i>Gladiolus communis</i> subsp. <i>byzantinus</i>

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Cornflag, False Corn-Flag, Turkish Corn-Flag

Description

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Family Iridaceae

Herbs perennial (or shrubs or annuals ), with rhizomes, bulbs, or corms. Leaves alternate, often 2-ranked, often oriented edgewise to aerial stem, usually sword-shaped to linear , parallel veined, base sheathing . Inflorescence sometimes a spike or reduced to a solitary flower, more often of monochasial , umbellate cymes, each enclosed in 2 opposed bracts (spathes ) and termed a rhipidium, which may be solitary and terminal or numerous and variously arranged in racemes or panicles; bracts 1 to several. Flowers bisexual , showy, usually actinomorphic (often zygomorphic elsewhere) . Perianth segments 6, in 2 whorls, inner and outer ones equal or differing in size and/or color; tube filiform or trumpet-shaped. Stamens (2 or) 3; anthers extrorse . Ovary inferior (or superior), 3-loculed; ovules few to many; placentation axile . Style with filiform, slender, or petaloid branches. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds with or without aril and wings .

Between 70 and 80 genera and ca. 1800 species: nearly worldwide, especially S Africa, Asia, and Europe; three genera and 61 species (21 endemic, one introduced ) in China.[1]

Genus Gladiolus

Herbs, perennial , from corms. Stems simple or branched. Leaves 1-9; blade lanceolate to linear , plane or margins and/or midribs variously raised and thickened (then H- or X-shaped in cross section ), or evidently terete , midribs and margins much thickened, grooved ; grooves 4, narrow, longitudinal . Inflorescences spicate , partly to fully secund or with flowers weakly distichous; bracts green, sometimes flushed grayish purple, unequal, outer usually exceeding inner, acute or inner forked or notched apically. Flowers somewhat fragrant, zygomorphic [actinomorphic ]; tepals basally connate into tube , variously colored , usually with contrasting markings comprising nectar guide on outer tepals, usually unequal, dorsal tepal largest, arched to hooded over stamens, outer 3 tepals narrower; perianth tube obliquely funnel-shaped to cylindric ; stamens usually unilateral ; anthers usually parallel; style usually arching over stamens, dividing into 3 filiform branches, these distally expanded. Capsules usually slightly inflated , oblong to ellipsoid or globose [rarely nearly cylindric], softly cartilaginous . Seeds usually many, broadly winged ; rarely few, wingless, globose or angular; seed coat light to dark brown. x = 15.

Species ca. 260: introduced ; Africa, Madagascar, Eurasia .

Hybrid strains of Gladiolus are widely cultivated, and some wild species are grown outdoors in areas with mild winters. The common, large-flowered hybrids are the product of crossing between four or five species, followed by selection. Named variously G. gandavensis L. van Houtte, G. lemoinei Baker, and G. hortulanus L. H. Bailey, these plants are occasionally found in and near gardens and cemeteries and are easily recognized by their large, brightly colored flowers with the inner tepals 60-70 mm long and the outer tepals about 50 mm long. They reproduce mainly vegetatively and persist for some years where winters are mild; they show no evidence of spreading into native vegetation.[2]

Physical Description

Species Gladiolus communis

Plants 50-100 cm. Corms tunicate , ca. 20 mm diam.; tunic coriaceous , fragmenting into irregular pieces , rarely ultimately becoming fibrous . Stems simple . Leaves ± reaching base of spike; blade plane , lanceolate, sometimes narrowly so, 5-22 mm wide. Spikes 10-20-flowered; spathes unequal, outer 25-35(-50) mm, inner ± 2/3 outer. Flowers unscented, weakly distichous; perianth tube obliquely funnel-shaped, 10-12 mm; tepals reddish purple with narrow median white streak on outer 3 tepals, unequal, dorsal tepal 30-40 × 14-19 mm, inner lateral tepals joined to outer tepals for ca. 3 mm, 28-35 mm, outer 3 tepals connate for ca. 2 mm, outer lateral tepals 18-25 mm, outer median tepal 24-28 mm; filaments 12-15 mm; anthers 10-13 mm; style branching opposite distal 1/3 of anthers; branches ca. 2 mm. Capsules oblong , 18-24 mm. Seeds broadly winged , 4-6 mm diam. [source]

Gladiolus communis is a garden escape . In regional floras it is sometimes confused with the southern African G. papilio Hooker; the resemblance is entirely superficial. Plants of G. communis found in North America have traditionally been treated as G. byzantinus, which differs little from G. communis except in degree of robustness . Distinction at even subspecific rank does not seem warranted. [source]

Habit: Forb/herb

Flowers: Bloom Period: May, June, July. • Flower Color: magenta

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 18-24" tall.

Habitat

Roadsides, abandoned gardens, disturbed sites; introduced [3].

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 45 meters (148 feet).[4]

Biome: Coastal.

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 3-6" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Liliidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Lilianae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Asparagales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Iridaceae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789 - Iris Family
        Subfamily: Crocoideae ()
        Tribe: Ixieae ()
        Genus: Gladiolus () - C. Linnaeus, 1753 - Corn-flag [Latin gladiolus, little sword, alluding to the leaf shape]
        Subgenus: nom ()
        Specific epithet: communis - L.
        Botanical name: - Gladiolus communis L.

Synonyms

G. communis byzantinus (Miller) A. P. Hamilton • Gladiolus byzantinus Miller

Notes

Publishing author : L. Publication : Sp. Pl. 1: 36 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Contributors

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 24, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 15 providers.
Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Release date: November 27, 2009

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 24, 2007:

Bundesamt für Naturschutz / Zentralstelle für Phytodiversität Deutschland, Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz / Zentralstelle fuer Phytodiversitaet Deutschland
GBIF-Spain, Dirección General de Investigación, Desarrollo Tecnológico e Innovación de la Junta de Extremadura(DGIDTI): HSS
GBIF-Spain, Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
GBIF-Spain, Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
The Swedish Museum of Natural History
, Lund Botanical Museum
The Swedish Museum of Natural History
, Plants
UK National Biodiversity Network, Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database
USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667264
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-328322
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:437376-1
GRIN Nomen Number: 416307
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 502780
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 437372-1
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMIRI07060
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: GLCOC
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 38694

Footnotes

Yu-tang Zhao, Henry J. Noltie & Brian F. Mathew "Iridaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 297. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Peter Goldblatt "Gladiolus". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 349, 407, 408. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
"Gladiolus communis". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 408. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Standard Deviation = 375.470 based on 590 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

Gladiolus communis

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Family Iridaceae

Genus Gladiolus

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Species Gladiolus communis

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