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Taxon

Iris tenuissima Dykes

Protologue Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 51: 18. 1912BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (6).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (6).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (3).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (3).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (8).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (8).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (6).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (6).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (4).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (4).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (9).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (9).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (7).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (7).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (14).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (14).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (14).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (14).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (7).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (7).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (2).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (2).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (12).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (12).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (13).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (13).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (11).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (11).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (1).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (1).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (5).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (5).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (3).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (3).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (4).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (4).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (5).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (5).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (2).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (2).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (10).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (10).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (9).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (9).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (13).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (13).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013  0111 (10).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--USA, California, Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013 0111 (10).JPG

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (8).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (8).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (11).JPG

Iris tenuissima, Davidson, C 12132--Calif. Nevada Co. 19 Apr 2013. DSC03196 (11).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to California (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

Davidson, C 12132

April 19, 2013

Location

United States, California, Nevada (Nevada City)

39.284361, -121.100583

Location Remarks

Highway 49 north of nevada City, 1.3 miles south of South Yuba River Bridge. Elev. 511 m.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Oak-Libocedrus forest.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Iris

Specific Epithet

tenuissima

Authorship

Dykes

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

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

0.2

Global rank

#194,284 of 335,497

Top 58%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →