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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.
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