Английская Википедия:Iris kuschakewiczii
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Iris kuschakewiczii is a species in the genus Iris, subgenus Scorpiris. It is a bulbous perennial from the hills of Kazakhstan. It has dark green glaucous leaves, a short thick stem and purple spring flowers.
Description
Iris kuschakewiczii has a 1.5 cm (in diameter) bulb,[1] with a paper tunic-coating. It has thickened storage roots, close to the base.[2][3]
It has 4-5 dark green glaucous leaves which gradually taper to the apex,[1][3] (falcate),[2] They are clustered together at the base,[2] and are 1-1.5 cm wide (close to the base).[2][4][3] They also have a contrasting white edge or margin.[2][4]
It grows up to a height of between Шаблон:Convert, including the flower.[5][6][4] It has a thick stem, which is between 3–5 cm long, hidden by the leaves, unbranched with 1-4 flowers.[2][7][3] The blooms appear in April–May.[2][1]
The non-scented flowers appear above a perianth tube of 3.5-4.5 cm long.[2][1][3] The flowers come in various shades of purple, from greenish purple,[3] pale violet,[5][4] violet-blue,[7] to lilac blue.[2] The (3.5–4 cm long),[2] falls have very dark violet blotches and lines on either side of a prominent white crest,[5][7][4] or white signal patch.[2] The blades are oblong-obvate shaped (about 1.2 x 0.7 cm).[2][1] The standards are 1 – 1.5 cm long (often 3 lobed shaped).[2][1][3] The flowers measure approx. 6.5–8 cm in diameter.[4]
The bracts and bracteole are green with membranous tips and margins.[2]
The fruits appear in late spring-early summer.[3]
Taxonomy
It was originally published as Iris kuschakewiczi by Boris Fedtschenko in 'Bull. Jard. Bot. Petersb.' v. 158 (Bulletin of St. Petersburg Botanical Garden) in 1905.[8]
In 1958, Petr Petrovich Poljakov re-published it as Juno kuschakewiczii in Fl. Kazakhst. 2: 249.[9]
In 1939, it was suggested this was a form of Iris narynensis, but when Mathew published "The Iris" in 1981, he retained it as a separate species.[5]
Iris kuschakewiczii is now an accepted name by the RHS.[10]
It was named after a Russian botanist 'A. A. Kuschakewicz' who worked with N. J. Korolkov in 1872,[11] and Boris Fedtschenko in 1873.[12] A. A. Kuschakewicz collected many plants in Turkestan and Central Asia.[13]
It is mentioned in D.J. Mabberley portable plant books of 1997.[14][15]
Native
In 1905, Iris kuschakewiczii was found in Turkestan,[5] on the northern foothills of the Tien Shan Mountains of Central Asia.[2][6][4]
It can be found on gravelly and rocky slopes, on the red-clay hills of Kazakhstan (on the north-western spurs of the Tien Shan).[1][3]
It is also found in the Ala Archa National Park (25 km from the capital of Bishkek) of Kyrgyzstan.[16]
Cultivation
It is fairly easy to grow in cultivation, within an alpine house or bulb frame,[2] it does not need much moisture in summer.[6] It can be grown outside in a sheltered, sunny raised bed with well drained soils.[4][7]
References
External links
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,00 2,01 2,02 2,03 2,04 2,05 2,06 2,07 2,08 2,09 2,10 2,11 2,12 2,13 2,14 2,15 British Iris Society (1997) Шаблон:Google books
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 3,6 3,7 3,8 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 4,5 4,6 4,7 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 5,4 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 7,3 Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ Eduard Regel Шаблон:Google books
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ D. J. Mabberley Шаблон:Google books
- ↑ D. J. Mabberley Шаблон:Google books
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
