Series Ruthenicae (Diels) Lawrence
1930, Botanical author Diels
Series Ruthenicae (Diels) Lawrence A group of plants within the
Section Limniris with rounded capsules less then 1.5 cm long, with three valves which curl back quickly releasing the seed, seed pear-shaped with a fleshy appendage. Diels in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Aufl. (1930); G.H.M. Lawrence in ‘A reclassification of the genus Iris' in Gentes Herbarium 8:346 (1953), New York. The following are included in this series
Iris caespitosa Pallas.
Iris ruthenica Ker-Gawl
forma leucantha Zhao
var. brevituba Maxim
var. latifolia Kit.
var. nana, Maxim
Iris uniflora Pallas
var. uniflora
var. caricina Kit.
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