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Taxon

Iris florentina L.

Protologue Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 863. 1759 [7 Jun 1759]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Iris florentina--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 28 Apr 05. 150.jpg

Iris florentina--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 28 Apr 05. 150.jpg

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Iris florentina--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 28 Apr 05. 154.jpg

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Iris florentina--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 28 Apr 05. 152.jpg

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Iris florentina--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 28 Apr 05. 149.jpg

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Iris florentina--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 28 Apr 05. 148.jpg

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Iris florentina--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 28 Apr 05. 151.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Iris florentina--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 28 Apr 05. 153.jpg

Iris florentina--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 28 Apr 05. 153.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Saudi Arabia, Yemen; introduced into Alabama, Arkansas, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye, West Himalaya (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

No collection number

April 28, 2005

Location

Peru, Cusco, Calca (Lares District, Jardin des Plantes)

-12.983889, -72.063333

Location Remarks

Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Iris

Specific Epithet

florentina

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.6

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

#242,870 of 335,497

Top 73%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →