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Taxon

Iris orientalis Mill.

Protologue Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 9. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Iris orientalis 'gigantea', 2003.0287--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04.  051.jpg

Iris orientalis 'gigantea', 2003.0287--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 051.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Iris orientalis 'gigantea', 2003.0287--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 050.jpg

Iris orientalis 'gigantea', 2003.0287--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 050.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Iris orientalis 'gigantea', 2003.0287--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 049.jpg

Iris orientalis 'gigantea', 2003.0287--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 049.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Iris orientalis 'gigantea', 2003.0287--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 048.jpg

Iris orientalis 'gigantea', 2003.0287--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 048.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris orientalis 'gigantea', 2003.0287--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04.  052.jpg

Iris orientalis 'gigantea', 2003.0287--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 21 Apr 04. 052.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Iris

Species

orientalis

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to East Aegean Is., Greece, Türkiye; introduced into Argentina Northeast, California, Connecticut, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Missouri (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

2003.0287

April 21, 2004

Location

Spain, Catalonia (Barcelona Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

c/ Dr. Font i Quer, 2, Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona

Collectors

No collectors specified

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

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

0.1

Global rank

#229,811 of 335,497

Top 69%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →