Biology:Iris hookeri

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Iris hookeri
Iris hookeri fleur.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: Iris subg. Limniris
Section: Iris sect. Limniris
Series: Iris ser. Tripetalae
Species:
I. hookeri
Binomial name
Iris hookeri
George Penny ex G.Don
Synonyms[1]
  • Iris canadensis (Foster) Peckham
  • Iris hookeri f. hookeri
  • Iris hookeri f. pallidiflora (Fernald) Fernald
  • Iris hookeri f. zonalis (Eames) Fernald
  • Iris setosa var. canadensis Foster
  • Iris setosa f. pallidiflora Fernald
  • Iris setosa subsp. pygmaea C.E.Lundstr.
  • Iris setosa f. zonalis Eames
  • Iris tripetala Hook. [Illegitimate]
  • Xiphion tripetalum Alef. [Illegitimate]

Iris hookeri, commonly called the beach head iris, is a species of Iris. It is endemic to sea coasts and beaches in Maine, in the Northeastern United States and also eastern Canada .

It blooms in July.[2][3]

It was first published by the English botanist George Penny in Hort. Brit. (edited by J.C.Loudon), edition 2 on page 591 in 1832,[1] based on an earlier description by George Don.

The Latin specific epithet hookeri refers to the English botanist William Jackson Hooker.[4]

It is found in Eastern Canada within the states of Québec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador.[5]

It was verified by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service on 4 April 2003,[5] and as being an accepted name by the RHS.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Iris hookeri Penny ex G.Don | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130085-2. 
  2. ↑ "Iris hookeri (beach-head iris)", Go Botany (New England Wildflower Society), https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/Iris/hookeri/ 
  3. ↑ Henderson, Norlan C. (2002), "Iris hookeri", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 26, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101705 
  4. ↑ Allen J. Coombes The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants, p. 244, at Google Books
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Taxon: Iris hookeri Penny ex Loudon". ars-grin.gov (Germplasm Resources Information Network). https://training.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20331. 
  6. ↑ "Iris hookeri | /RHS Gardening" (in en-gb). https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/131199/Iris-hookeri/Details. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3154440 entry




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