Iris hookeri
Iris hookeri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
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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
- ^ a b "Iris hookeri Penny ex G.Don | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Iris hookeri (beach-head iris)". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society.
- ^ Henderson, Norlan C. (2002). "Iris hookeri". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Allen J. Coombes The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants, p. 244, at Google Books
- ^ a b "Taxon: Iris hookeri Penny ex Loudon". ars-grin.gov (Germplasm Resources Information Network). Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Iris hookeri | /RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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