Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of "gladius", a sword,) is a genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae).
This is a list of cultivars of the Gladiolus genus of flowering plants.
Aptenia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae.
 They are native to southern Africa.
 The genus name is from the Greek "a-" (not) and "ptenos" (winged), and refers to the wingless fruit capsules.

Question: Are Aptenia and Gladiolus both flowering plants?
Answer: yes