User:Yonkatz/Oncocyclus
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| Iris Bismarckiana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| Order: | Asparagales
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| Family: | Iridaceae
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| Genus: | Iris
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| Subgenus: | Iris subg. Iris
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| Section: | Oncocyclus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oncocyclus Siemssen, 1846
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The Oncocyclus iris is a section in the subgenus Iris in the genus Iris in the Iridaceae family.
This section contains the species considered to be the most beautiful in the Iris genus.
The group includes 54 species worldwide, all growing in West Asia in three areas: Israel and Jordan, northern Lebanon, and the Trans-Caucasus region (the meeting of the borders between Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran ).
Onchocyclus irises are perennial root plants that dry in the summer but leave a rhizome. They generally need well-drained soils and full sun. Most of them also prefer a dry period after flowering. [1] The Oncocyclus Iris are mainly from Turkey, the Caucasus, and Iran. They usually have only one flower, [2] which is veined or spotted. [3] The flower has six bracts, three folded outer bracts forming a sepal, and three erect inner bracts. Some of these species have been bred with bearded irises and have developed unique colors and markings.
Name
[edit]Oncocyclus is derived from Greek, where onko means mass or bulk, and cycle means circle. [4] In 1846, C.H. Siemssen used the term 'oncocyclus' for the first time and classified them as a genus (taxonomy) in the book Botanische Zeitung. [5] After that, Baker reclassified it as a subgenus (taxonomy) in 1877, and from 1914 until today, Dykes defined them as a section. [5]
Texonomy
[edit]The representatives of the section in Israel include nine species, some of which are endemic to Israel and some of which are sub-endemic and are also found in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
- Iris hermona
- Iris bismarckiana
- Iris lortetii
- Iris haynei
- Iris atrofusca
- Iris mariae
- Iris petrana
- Iris atropurpurea
- Iris westii
Gallery
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Further reading
[edit]- Micah Livne, Lexicon of plants and animals of the land of Israel, Volume 1, Editor: Azaria Alon, State of Israel - Ministry of Defense, 1994 (ULI catalog)
external links
[edit]- Oncocyclus Siemssen in GBIF website
- Oncocyclus Siemssen in IPNI website
Footnotes
[edit][[Category:Iridaceae]] [[Category:Articles with missing Wikidata information]]
- ^ Christopher Brickell RHS Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers, p. 521, at Google Books
- ^ Stebbings, Geoff (1997). The Gardener's Guide to Growing Irises. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. p. 18. ISBN 0-7153-0539-5.
- ^ "Aril Irises". pacificbulbsociety,org. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Saad, Layla; Khuri, Sawsan (4 August 2003). "Hanging in There by a Fall – The Oncocyclus Irises of Lebanon" (PDF). orbi.ulg.ac.be. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Pries, Bob (11 June 2014). "Section Oncocyclus". wiki.irises.org. Retrieved 2 March 2015.