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Keywords: Iridaceae | Gladiolus papilio Hook. f. | 036145-0558-2002
Butterfly gladiolus or goldblotch gladiolus is one of the approximately one hundred and sixty species of gladiolus endemic to South Africa. Unlike the genus Watsonia (featured on BPotD a couple days ago), the genus Gladiolus extends beyond the borders of South Africa; it can be found throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Eurasia, though its centre of diversity remains in South Africa.
Within the globally widespread family Iridaceae, Gladiolus belongs to the Old World subfamily Crocoideae, along with Watsonia, Crocosmia, Dierama, Crocus and Babiana. Iridaceous plants not belonging to the Crocoideae featured on BPotD to-date include Cypella, Iris, Olsynium, Sisyrinchium and Diplarrena, all belonging to the subfamily Iridoideae.
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group goes into taxonomic detail on the Iridaceae and its subfamilies.
Paghat writes about Gladiolus papilio from a horticultural perspective.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at August 27, 2007 7:36 AM
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Posted by: Eric in SF at August 27, 2007 10:18 AM
Considering that this species is often described as "butt ugly" (quoting Tony Avent), Daniel gets extra credit for his lovely photograph.
Posted by: max at August 27, 2007 1:49 PM
What a great photo. I really like learning about where the plants come from.
Thanks so much for photo of the day.
Margaret-Rae
Posted by: Margaret-Rae Davis at August 27, 2007 4:55 PM
Gladiolus papilio - Z8 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths
Gladiolus, glad-e-o-lus; from Latin gladiolus, a little sword, the shape of the leaf. Some authorities give two pronunciations, glad-i-o-lus and glad-e-o-lus, the former being correct, but unlikely ever to be generally used. Plant Names Simplified, Johnson and Smith.
Posted by: Beverley at August 27, 2007 5:36 PM
i wish you would write the common name as well as the scientific name, it would help a lot more when i was trying to describe this species to a fellow classmate! thank you
Posted by: meg at August 29, 2007 6:42 AM
meg – see the first sentence of the accompanying written entry.
Posted by: Daniel Mosquin 
at August 29, 2007 6:47 AM
Once again I have lost you. Please continue sending me the lovelies daily. Thank you
Posted by: Kathy Lange at September 22, 2007 10:19 AM
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