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Iris kolpakowskiana

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Iris kolpakowskiana
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I. kolpakowskiana
Binomial name
Iris kolpakowskiana
Synonyms[1]
  • Alatavia kolpakowskiana (Regel) Rodion.
  • Iridodictyum kolpakowskianum (Regel) Rodion.
  • Xiphion kolpakowskianum (Regel) Baker
Botanical illustration

Iris kolpakowskiana (or 'Kolpakowski's Iris')[2] is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Hermodactyloides and section Monolepsis. It is a bulbous perennial.

It is pronounced kol-pa-kow-skee-AY-nuh.[2] Sometimes called 'Iris kolpakowskyana'. It was named after the first Russian military Governor of Semirechye Oblast in modern Kazakhstan Gerasim Kolpakovsky [Q4228656].[3][4][5] See also Sun Tulip or Kolpakowski Tulip.[6]

The iris was first described by Regel in the Botanical Magazine No.6489 (1880).[7][8]

Iris kolpakowskiana is now an accepted name by the RHS.[9]

Habit

Its leaves are similar to the iris of the genus Scorpiris, although it has only a few leaves at flowering time, up to 5 cm tall, which then increase up to 30 cm later.[10]

It has pale lilac to pale purple flowers with dark reddish purple falls and yellow orange ridge, coming out in late winter.[7] It flowers in March in the UK.[11]

Native

Iris kolpakowskiana is from the Tien Shan Mountains, Turkestan.[11] where it is found on hillsides (up to 3000m above sea level).[12] It grows in wet sticky clay that dries out in summer.[13] It is also found in Kyrgyzstan.[14] It was on the 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Iris kolpakowskiana Regel". theplantlist.org. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b "PlantFiles: Kolpakowski's Tulip". davesgarden.com. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. ^ Foster, Prof. Michael (3 May 1892). "Bulbous Irises". www.archive.org (A Lecture delivered May 3, 1892 to the Royal Horticultural Society). Retrieved 16 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  4. ^ "All results for Kolpakowski in Newspaper Archive". myheritage.com. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Победа казаков и казахов".
  6. ^ "Kolpakowski Tulip, aka Sun Tulip". www.paghat.com. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b Walters, Stuart Max (Editor)European Garden Flora: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated, p. 354, at Google Books
  8. ^ "Iridaceae Iris kolpakowskiana Regel". ipni.org (International Plant Names Index). Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Iris kolpakowskiana". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  10. ^ Cassidy, G.E.; Linnegar, S. (1987). Growing Irises (Revised ed.). Croom Helm. pp. 145–146. ISBN 9780709907060.
  11. ^ a b Lynch, RichardThe Book of the Iris, p. 164, at Google Books
  12. ^ "Iris kolpakowskiana". www.alpinegardensociety.net. 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  13. ^ "Reticulata Irises". www.pacificbulbsociety.org. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  14. ^ Sasha W. Eisenman, David E. Zaurov, Lena Struwe Medicinal Plants of Central Asia: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, p. 5, at Google Books
  15. ^ Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett (Editors) 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants, p. 679, at Google Books

Other sources

  • Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). (referred to as Iridodictyum kolpakowskianum (Regel) Rodion)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
  • Mathew, B. 1981. The Iris. 177.

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