(SPEC) Iris hymenospatha Mathew & Wendelbo

1975, Mathew & Wendelbo

Iris hymenospatha Mathew & Wendelbo (Brian Mathew and Per Wendelbo, Iraq, 1973, Iran) Subgenus Scorpiris,

See below:

• * References
• * Chromosome counts
• * Synonyms
• * Variations
• * Hybrids
• * Distribution and Cultivation

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References:

More photos at I-Naturalist-UK at https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/1110028-Iris-hymenospatha/browse_photos
Mathew & Wendelbo ex Grey-Wilson in The Iris Year Book, 1973: 108 (1973), without type or Latin description.
A Guide to Species Irises, their Identification and Cultivation, The Species Group of The British Iris Society, 1997, Cambridge;
B. Mathew & P. Wendelbo in Flora Iranica 112: 57 (1975).

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Synonyms

Synonym: Iris persica var. isaacsonii. see 'Persica Isaacsoni' . ----

Chromosome counts

2n=24(subsp hymenospatha), Hall, 2000. 2n=20 (subsp. leptoneura), Hall, 2000.

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Variations

Iris hymenospatha Mathew & Wendelbo

• Subsp. hymenospatha var. isaacsonii
• Subsp. leptoneura

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Hybrids

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Distribution and Cultivation

Distribution: Region:
Cultivation: seems to be the same as most bearded irises with perhaps a special emphasis on good drainage

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