Iris winkleri
| Iris winkleri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Irideae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Subgenus: | Hermodactyloides |
| Section: | Monolepsis |
| Species: | Iris winkleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Iris winkleri Regel | |
| Synonyms | |
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Iris winkleri (or Winkler Iris) is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Hermodactyloides and Section Monolepsis. It is a bulbous perennial.
It was discovered by botanists in 1884 and published in the Trudy Sankt-Peterburgskogo botanicheskogo sada (Transactions of the St. Petersburg Botanical Garden) between 1884 and 1885.[2] The plant is named after Konstantin George Alexander Winkler (14 June 1848 - 3 February 1900), a botanist from the University of Tartu in Estonia. Later in 1897, Winkler was made head botanist at Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden.[3]
Habit
The Iris is deemed to be very similar to Iris kolpakowskiana (also part of the Monolepsis section of Hermodactyloides sub-genus), but it has a membranous covering to the bulb. I.kolpakowskiana (the other member of the section) has a netted covering.[4] Another close relative is I. pskemensis (another snowmelt found iris).[5]
It grows to about 10–20 cm tall with blueish-violet flowers which appear in June.[6]
Native
It was originally found in the temperate regions of middle Asia and Kyrgyzstan.[2] It is also found in other former states of the Soviet Union, (including Uzbekistan)[7] and the Tian Shan mountain ranges.[6]
References
- ↑ "Iris winkleri Regel". theplantlist.org. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- 1 2 "Taxon: Iris winkleri Regel". Germplasm Resources Information Network (United States Department of Agriculture). Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ↑ Walther Killy (editor) Dictionary of German Biography Thibaut - Zycha, Volume 10, p. 555, at Google Books
- ↑ Cassidy, G.E.; Linnegar, S. (1987). Growing Irises (Revised ed.). Bromley: Christopher Helm. pp. 144–145. ISBN 0-88192-089-4.
- ↑ "Canadian Iris Society cis newsletter Winter 2013, Volume 57, Issue 1" (pdf). www.e-clipse.ca. 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- 1 2 British Iris Society A Guide to Species Irises: Their Identification and Cultivation , p. 283, at Google Books
- ↑ "Kirgizstan (Asia)". www.ebotany.org. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
Other sources
- Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
- Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934–1964.
- Mathew, B. 1981. The Iris. 179.
- Seisums, A. Ruksans, J. 1998. The Hunt for Iris winkleri (QUARTERLY BULLETIN- ALPINE GARDEN SOCIETY)
- Lazkov, G.A.; Umralina, A.R. Endemic and Rare Plant Species of Kyrgyzstan (Atlas). 2015 -pp. 58-59
External links
Media related to Iris winkleri at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Iris winkleri at Wikispecies