Biology:Iris kuschakewiczii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Iris kuschakewiczii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: Iris subg. Scorpiris
Section: Iris sect. Scorpiris
Species:
I. kuschakewiczii
Binomial name
Iris kuschakewiczii
B.Fedtsch. & Poljakov
Synonyms[1]
  • Juno kuschakewiczii (B.Fedtsch.) Poljakov

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,[2] with a paper tunic-coating. It has thickened storage roots, close to the base.[3][4]

It has 4-5 dark green glaucous leaves which gradually taper to the apex,[2][4] (falcate),[3] They are clustered together at the base,[3] and are 1-1.5 cm wide (close to the base).[3][5][4] They also have a contrasting white edge or margin.[3][5]

It grows up to a height of between 10–15 cm (4–6 in), including the flower.[6][7][5] It has a thick stem, which is between 3–5 cm long, hidden by the leaves, unbranched with 1-4 flowers.[3][8][4] The blooms appear in April–May.[3][2]

The non-scented flowers appear above a perianth tube of 3.5-4.5 cm long.[3][2][4] The flowers come in various shades of purple, from greenish purple,[4] pale violet,[6][5] violet-blue,[8] to lilac blue.[3] The (3.5–4 cm long),[3] falls have very dark violet blotches and lines on either side of a prominent white crest,[6][8][5] or white signal patch.[3] The blades are oblong-obvate shaped (about 1.2 x 0.7 cm).[3][2] The standards are 1 – 1.5 cm long (often 3 lobed shaped).[3][2][4] The flowers measure approx. 6.5–8 cm in diameter.[5]

The bracts and bracteole are green with membranous tips and margins.[3]

The fruits appear in late spring-early summer.[4]

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.[9]

In 1958, Petr Petrovich Poljakov re-published it as Juno kuschakewiczii in Fl. Kazakhst. 2: 249.[10]

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.[6]

Iris kuschakewiczii is now an accepted name by the RHS.[11]

It was named after a Russian botanist 'A. A. Kuschakewicz' who worked with N. J. Korolkov in 1872,[12] and Boris Fedtschenko in 1873.[13] A. A. Kuschakewicz collected many plants in Turkestan and Central Asia.[14]

It is mentioned in D.J. Mabberley portable plant books of 1997.[15][16]

Native

In 1905, Iris kuschakewiczii was found in Turkestan,[6] on the northern foothills of the Tien Shan Mountains of Central Asia.[3][7][5]

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).[2][4]

It is also found in the Ala Archa National Park (25 km from the capital of Bishkek) of Kyrgyzstan.[17]

Cultivation

It is fairly easy to grow in cultivation, within an alpine house or bulb frame,[3] it does not need much moisture in summer.[7] It can be grown outside in a sheltered, sunny raised bed with well drained soils.[5][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Iris kuschakewiczii B.Fedtsch.". theplantlist.org. 23 March 2012. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-322022. Retrieved 11 October 2014. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Komarov, V.L. (1935). "Akademiya Nauk SSSR (FLORA of the U.S.S.R.) Vol. IV". https://archive.org/stream/floraofussr04bota/floraofussr04bota_djvu.txt. Retrieved 9 October 2014. 
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 British Iris Society (1997) A Guide to Species Irises: Their Identification and Cultivation, p. 246, at Google Books
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 "Juno". flower.onego.ru. http://flower.onego.ru/lukov/juno_v.html. Retrieved 11 October 2014. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "Iris kuschakewiczii". encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net. 2011. http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Iris/kuschakewiczii. Retrieved 11 October 2014. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "(SPEC) Iris kuschakewiczii B. Fedtsch.". wiki.irises.org (American Iris Society). 6 March 2010. http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Spec/SpecKuschakewiczii. Retrieved 11 October 2014. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Juno irises J-R". pacificbulbsociety.org. 11 May 2014. http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/JunoIrisesTwo. Retrieved 11 October 2014. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Iris kuschakewiczii". rareplants.co.uk. http://www.rareplants.co.uk/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=494&P_ID=1360. Retrieved 11 October 2014. 
  9. ↑ "Iridaceae Iris kuschakewiczii B.Fedtsch.". ipni.org (In ). 23 March 2012. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=438770-1. Retrieved 11 October 2014. 
  10. ↑ "Juno kuschakewiczii (B.Fedtsch.) Poljakov". theplantlist.org. 23 March 2012. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-322994. Retrieved 11 October 2014. 
  11. ↑ "Iris kuschakewiczii". www.rhs.org.uk. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/9292/Iris-kuschakewiczii/Details. Retrieved 11 October 2014. 
  12. ↑ "Korolkov, N. J. & Kuschakewicz". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?id=54270. Retrieved 11 October 2014. 
  13. ↑ Eduard Regel Descriptiones in regionibus Turkestanicis a Cl. Viris Fedschenko, Korolkow, Kuschakewicz et Krause collectis: Cum adnotationibus ad plantas vivas in Horto Imperiali Botanico Petropolitano cultas at Google Books
  14. ↑ "Gentiana humilis Steven". science.mnhn.fr. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://science.mnhn.fr/all/list%3FrecordedBy%3DKuschakewicz%26fieldNumber%3D329&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dkuschakewicz%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1600%26bih%3D732. Retrieved 11 October 2014. 
  15. ↑ D. J. Mabberley The Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants (2nd Edit), p. 363, at Google Books
  16. ↑ D. J. Mabberley The Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their cultivation and uses, p. 405, at Google Books
  17. ↑ Hayes, Patrick. "Kyrgyzstan". kewguild.org.uk. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141019021947/http://www.kewguild.org.uk/media/pdfs/v15s113p257-57.pdf. Retrieved 11 October 2014. 

External links


Wikidata ☰ Q15572225 entry



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