Iris caucasica

Iris caucasica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Iridoideae
Tribus: Irideae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: I. subg. Scorpiris
Species: Iris caucasica
Subspecies: I. c. subsp. caucasica – I. c. subsp. turcica

Varietates: I. c. var. atropatana – I. c. var. multiflora

Name

Iris caucasica M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 33 (1808).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Costia caucasica (M.Bieb.) Willk., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 18: 132 (1860).
  • Thelysia caucasica (M.Bieb.) Parl., Fl. Ital. 3: 317 (1860).
  • Neubeckia caucasica (M.Bieb.) Alef., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 297 (1863).
  • Juno caucasica (M.Bieb.) Kotschy, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 22: 114, 113 (1864).
  • Coresantha caucasica (M.Bieb.) Klatt, Linnaea 34: 575 (1866).
  • Xiphion caucasicum (M.Bieb.) {{Baker, J. Bot. 9: 109 (1871).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bieberstein, F.A.M.v. 1808. Flora Taurico-Caucasica, exhibens stirpes phaenogamas :in Chersoneso Taurica et regionibus caucasicis sponte crescentes. Tomus 1. 429 pp. Charkouiae [Kharkov], Typis Academicis. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Iris caucasica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 1. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Iris caucasica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 1. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Iris caucasica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Jan 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Iris caucasica. Published online. Accessed: 1 Jan 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Iris caucasica. Accessed: 1 Jan 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Iris caucasica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 1. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Iris caucasica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Qafqaz süsəni
فارسی: زنبق قفقازی
русский: Юнона кавказская
Türkçe: Kaf navruzu

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