Gladiolus callianthus
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The Peacock Flower is a tropical plant
that is native to Madagascar
. According to the International Plant Names Index (IPNI) it is a native of Abyssinia (Ethiopia
).
It has been widely planted in tropical regions and is cultivated in subtropical and temperate regions. It is a common garden flower in Western European gardens, where the corms are lifted and stored frost-free in the winter season because the species is not hardy there. The flowers are white with a scarlet patch, occasionally orange. Scientists often place this plant in the genus Acidanthera.
The species was first described as Acidanthera bicolor Hochst.
(1844). When Acidanthera Hochst. (1844) is treated as a section of Gladiolus L. (1753) (Gladiolus sect. Acidanthera (Hochst.) Goldblatt (1996)), the correct name for the species is Gladiolus callianthus Marais (1973) as the name Gladiolus bicolor is no longer available, being published by Baker (1877) for another species of Gladiolus, from Southern Africa. Acidanthera bicolor Hochst. and Gladiolus callianthus Marais are thus both valid names for the same species, depending on the view whether Acidanthera should be treated as a genus in its own right or as a section of Gladiolus.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
that is native to Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
. According to the International Plant Names Index (IPNI) it is a native of Abyssinia (Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
).
It has been widely planted in tropical regions and is cultivated in subtropical and temperate regions. It is a common garden flower in Western European gardens, where the corms are lifted and stored frost-free in the winter season because the species is not hardy there. The flowers are white with a scarlet patch, occasionally orange. Scientists often place this plant in the genus Acidanthera.
The species was first described as Acidanthera bicolor Hochst.
Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter
Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter was a German botanist and Protestant minister who was a native of Stuttgart. He was the father of geologist Ferdinand Hochstetter ....
(1844). When Acidanthera Hochst. (1844) is treated as a section of Gladiolus L. (1753) (Gladiolus sect. Acidanthera (Hochst.) Goldblatt (1996)), the correct name for the species is Gladiolus callianthus Marais (1973) as the name Gladiolus bicolor is no longer available, being published by Baker (1877) for another species of Gladiolus, from Southern Africa. Acidanthera bicolor Hochst. and Gladiolus callianthus Marais are thus both valid names for the same species, depending on the view whether Acidanthera should be treated as a genus in its own right or as a section of Gladiolus.