گلایول

Gladiolus is a genus of plants within the family Iridaceae. It belongs to the order Asparagales and the class Magnoliopsida, as well as the phylum Tracheophyta. The genus was described by Linnaeus in 1753 and is currently accepted. Its scientific name is Gladiolus Tourn. ex L., with Gladiolus communis serving as the taxonomic type. The fruit type for this genus is a capsule.

The native range of Gladiolus includes Albania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, the Azores, Baleares, the Baltic States, Belarus, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria, and Burkina. Occurrence records are also documented in Mexico, the United States, Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa. The genus has a total of 141,321 occurrence records and 1,117 records with 850 media files. It is referenced by 213 other encyclopedia articles.