Iris germanica
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| Iris germanica | |
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| Iris germanica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Irideae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Subgenus: | Iris |
| Section: | Iris |
| Species: | I. germanica |
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| Iris germanica L. |
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Iris germanica, the German Iris, is a species in the genus iris. The Iris Germanica grows up to 90 cm high and 10 cm wide. The roots can go up to 10 cm deep. It is an outdoors plant that blooms most in May-August, but planting it would be best in February-April.
It is a European hybrid, rather than a true wild species. [1]
Varieties :
- I. g. var. florentina
- I. g. var. germanica
I. germanica is known to produce the isoflavone irilone.[2]
References [edit]
- ^ Pacific Bulb Society: Garden Bearded Irises
- ^ Lipase-catalyzed regioselective protection/deprotection of hydroxyl groups of the isoflavone irilone isolated from Iris germanica. Nighat Nazir, Surrinder Koul, Mushtaq Ahmad Qurishi, Subhash Chandra Taneja and Ghulam Nabi Qazi, Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, 1029-2446, Volume 27, Issue 2, First published on 2 December 2008 Pages 118–123
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External links [edit]
Media related to Iris germanica at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Iris germanica at Wikispecies
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