Gladiolus patersoniae — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Gladiolus

At a glance

Occurrence records191

Data sources5

Biological traits15

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Gladiolus patersoniae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility191 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources15 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF191 records

01Narrative

Gladiolus patersoniae is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the genus Gladiolus of the family Iridaceae, indigenous to the southern Cape regions of South Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height max0.5 m

Plant height min0.3 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 500 m

Elevation min100 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type191 records

Wild obs. + sensor108

Museum / vouchered83

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO452 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy89% within 1 km

≤100 m 83≤1 km 11≤10 km 7>10 km 5

106 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor108

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 4>10 km 6

10 georeferenced · 73 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence83

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cape Town, ZA	42
Pretoria, ZA	21
Cape Town, ZA	10
Kew, GB	10

4 institutions · 83 of 83 vouchered records shown