Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gladiolus communis L. [Iridaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dalbous	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
gladiolus communis whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
whistling jacks	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
xiphion	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
دلبوث	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bulb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gladiolus collinus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 40 (1796).
Gladiolus communis var. carneus Ker Gawl. Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1575 (1813).
Gladiolus communis var. montserratii O.Bolòs & Vigo Fl. Man. Paísos Catalans 4: 166 (2001).
Gladiolus communis subsp. notarisii (Parl.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 259 (1890).
Gladiolus germanicus Jord. in C.T.A.Jordan & J.P.Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 2: 35 (1903).
Gladiolus gussonei Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 3: 67 (1909).
Gladiolus illyricus subsp. reuteri (Boiss.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 260 (1890).
Gladiolus illyricus var. reuteri (Boiss.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 704 (1882).
Gladiolus lannesii Jord. in C.T.A.Jordan & J.P.Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 2: 35 (1903).
Gladiolus notarisii Parl. Fl. Ital. 3: 259 (1860).
Gladiolus reuteri Boiss. in P.E.Boissier & G.F.Reuter, Pugill. Pl. Afr. Bor. Hispan.: 112 (1852).
Gladiolus reuteri var. subuniflorus Rouy Bull. Soc. Bot. France 31: 54 (1884), nom. nud.
Gladiolus tineoi Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 3: 68 (1909).
Gladiolus × byzantinus var. lutarius Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 31: 114 (1940).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gladiolus communis	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Gladiolus communis L.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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