A new name for the later homonym Gladiolus pulcherrimus (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning (Iridaceae)
The discovery of the existence of the earlier name Gladiolus pulcherrimus hort. ex Lémon (1832) for a plant cultivated in Paris renders the name G. pulcherrimus (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning (1998) an illegitimate later homonym. The replacement name G. pulcher Goldblatt & J.C.Manning is provided here for this southern African taxon.
Authors
- John Charles Manning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2886-8787)
- P. Goldblatt
Institutions
- Missouri Botanical Garden (US)
- South African National Biodiversity Institute (ZA)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- South African Journal of Botany
- Published
- 2026-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2026.09.047
- Primary Topic
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00