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This species is accepted, and its native range is Caucasus.
Iris colchica

Native to:

North Caucasus, Transcaucasus

Iris colchica Kem.-Nath. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Kemularia-Nathadze, L. [s.n.], Georgia K000464958 Unknown type material

First published in Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 3: 3 (1938)

Accepted by

  • Alexeyeva, N. (2008). Genus Iris L. (Iridaceae) in the Russia Turczaninowia 11(2): 5-68.
  • Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

Not accepted by

  • Innes, C. (1985). The World of Iridaceae: 1-407. Holly Gare International Ltd., Ashington. [Cited as Iris graminea.]

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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