Gladiolus aladagensis

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Gladiolus aladagensis (Turkish: Aladağ kılıçotu) is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is native to Bolu Province, in Northwest Turkey.{{Cite web|title=New herbaceous plant species discovered in northwest Turkey|url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/new-herbaceous-plant-species-discovered-in-northwest-turkey-161915|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Hürriyet Daily News|language=en}}{{Cite journal|last=Sağiroğlu|first=Mehmet|last2=Eker|first2=İsmai̇l|date=2021-01-05|title=Gladiolus aladagensis (Iridaceae), a new species from Turkey|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.478.1.11|journal=Phytotaxa|language=en|volume=478|issue=1|pages=151–161|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.478.1.11 |url-access=subscription}}

Discovery

This species was discovered by Dr. Mehmet Sağıroğlu of Sakarya University and Dr. İsmail Eker of Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University when they conducted a field study in Aladağlar.{{Cite web|title=Bolu'da yeni bir bitki türü bulundu: Aladağ kılıçotu|url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/bilim-teknoloji/boluda-yeni-bir-bitki-turu-bulundu-aladag-kilicotu-550132.html|access-date=2021-01-28|website=www.trthaber.com|language=tr}}

= Etymology =

The name "aladagensis" derives from the Aladağlar region in Bolu, where this species was discovered.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-24|title=Bolu'da yeni bir bitki türü bulundu: Aladağ kılıçotu|url=https://ulakci.com/boluda-yeni-bir-bitki-turu-bulundu-aladag-kilicotu/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Ulakçı Haber|language=tr}}

Description

It is morphologically similar to Gladiolus kotschyanus and Gladiolus italicus.

References

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Category:Endemic flora of Turkey

Category:Plants described in 2021