Gladiolus (from Latin, the form of the word gladius, is sword) is a genus of perennial bulbous flowerig plants in the iris family. Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely-used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus (plural gladioli, gladioluses or sometimes gladiolas).
The genus is found throughout Mediterranean Europe, Asia, Tropical Africa and South Africa. However the center of diversity of the gladiolus is located in the Cape Florisitic Region in Africa, where most species were discovered. As a matter of fact, 163 out of the 250 species of Gladiolus are from Southern Africa.
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