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foetidissima

Taxon

Iris foetidissima L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 39. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Iris foetidissimus. 86.0492--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 062.jpg

Iris foetidissimus. 86.0492--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 062.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Iris foetidissimus. 86.0492--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 063.jpg

Iris foetidissimus. 86.0492--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 063.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Corse, France, Great Britain, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia; introduced into California, Canary Is., Ireland, Krym, Madeira, New Zealand North, NW. Balkan Pen., Switzerland, Tasmania, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

86.0492

February 11, 2003

Location

United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)

37.87544, -122.238724

Location Remarks

Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Iris

Specific Epithet

foetidissima

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#96,222 of 335,497

Top 29%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →