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Oncocyclus (The term was first used by Siemssen as the Genus Oncocyclus in 1846 in Botanische Zeitung. The Baker raised it to a subgenus in 1877, than Dykes lowered it to a section in 1914.
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A Section within the Subgenus Iris . Oncocyclus literally means a swollen circle and refers to the fleshy aril on the seeds of these plants. The Section Oncocyclus is one of the larger sections of Genus Iris and includes the following species:
The above are the species recognized by A Guide to Species Irises The Identification and Cultivation published by the British Iris Society.
Other names associated with Section Oncocyclus are:
_Iris susiana_ which has disappeared in Nature, |
and the following That the BIS consider to be hybrids:
_Iris camillae_, | Iris annae , | _Iris grossheimii_, | Iris jordana , |
Iris kazachensis , | _Iris koenigi_ Iris koenigi , | _Iris schelkownikowii_, | Iris sinistra , |
Iris tatianae , | Iris zuvandicus . |
With so many species the Oncocyclus have been sorted by Gavrilenko into the folowing series:
Further reading about Oncocyclus: Foster in The Garden 1893
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