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| Iris albomarginata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Irideae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Subgenus: | Scorpiris |
| Species: | Iris albomarginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Iris albomarginata Foster | |
Iris albomarginata is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Scorpiris.
It was first described by Boris Fedschenko in Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier, ser. 2, iv. page 917. in 1846.
Iris albomarginata R. C. Foster (Robert C. Foster); Subgenus Scorpiris. Juno; 8-12" (20-30 cm); "Electric blue"-Brian Mathew, The Iris; This plant was first described by Boris Fedschenko in Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier, ser. 2, iv. page 917. in 1846. But the name he chose, Iris coerulea, had been used by Spach, Hist. Veg. Phan. xiii. 50 (1846) for a plant, which is a I. pumila hybrid, and therefore was renamed by Foster as Iris albomarginata in reference to the white margins of the leaves a characteristic of several of the species in the Juno section. Flor. USSR; R. C. Foster in Contrib. Gray Herb. n. s. No. cxiv. 42. (1936); syn. Iris caerulea B. Fedtschenko. american iris http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Spec/SpecAlbomarginata
First published in Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 114: 42 in 1936.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/9206/Iris-albomarginata/Details - rhs accepted name
pale yellow flowers reaches 30cm (1ft) in height from central asia and ussr 2-5 flowers on a short stem.
Native
From Central Asia and USSR.
References
- Cassidy, G.E.; Linnegar, S. (1982). Growing Irises. Bromley: Christopher Helm. p. 146. ISBN 0-88192-089-4.
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. 'Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning'. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
- Mathew, B. 1981. The Iris. 143.
External links
Media related to Iris albomarginata at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Iris albomarginata at Wikispecies
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