■(SPEC) 'Iris Magnifica Vvedensky'

1935, Botanical author Vvedensky

.Iris magnifica Vved. (Alekesi Vvedensky, 1935, Mountains of Central Asia especialy circa Samarakand); Subgenus Scorpiris (Juno); 12-24" (30-60 cm); 3-7 large pale lilac flowers, yellow zone around undissected whitish crest; internodes well developed at flowering time; claw 2 to 2.5 cm. wide in its broadened part. Vved. in Komarov, Fl. URSS 4, 571 (1935);

See below:

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

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References:

Iris magnifica Vved. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 4: 571 (1935).
Komarov, V.L. (ed.) (1935). Flora SSSR 4: 1-586. Izdatel'stov Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad.
Khassanov, F.O. & Rakhimova, N. (2012). Taxonomic revision of the genus Iris L. (Iridaceae Juss.) for the flora of central Asia. Stapfia 97: 174-179.
Innes, C. (1985). The World of Iridaceae: 1-407. Holly Gare International Ltd., Ashington.
A Guide to Species Irises, their Identification and Cultivation, The Species Group of The British Iris Society, 1997, Cambridge;

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Synonyms

* Iris caucasica var. major Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 26: 505 (1880).

Juno magnifica (Vved.) Vved., Fl. Uzbekistan. 1: 518 (1941).

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Chromosome counts

2n=22 Bochantseva 1966.

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Variations

Iris magnifica cultivars include; 'Agalik', 'Alba' , 'Bulbs d'Opal', 'Magnifica alba' ,

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Hybrids

Iris magnifica crosses include: Iris magnifica x Iris willmottiana: 'Morning Sky'

Alan McMurtrie crosses
'Blue Bucharica-Stage 1'
'Blue Bucharica-Stage 3'

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Distribution and Cultivation

Distribution: Region: C. Asia; Kazikstan, Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan
Cultivation:

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