Abstract
The typification of the Linnaean name Iris variegata (Iridaceae) is discussed. Because no original material of the name is known to exist, a neotype is designated. To facilitate further detection and identification of the species, supporting illustrations of the neotype specimen and the living plant in habitat are provided.Citation: Boltenkov E. V. & Mesterhazy A. 2020: Neotypification of the Linnaean name Iris variegata (Iridaceae). – Willdenowia 50: 235–239. doi: https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.50.50209Version of record first published online on 26 May 2020 ahead of inclusion in August 2020 issue.
Highlights
Iris variegata L. is a rhizomatous perennial species mainly native to SC Europe (Hungary, SE Czech Republic, S Slovakia, Austria, SW Germany, Croatia and Serbia), and to E Europe (W Ukraine) and SE Europe (S Romania, Bulgaria and Albania)
For the typification of Iris variegata, we consulted herbarium specimens deposited at BM, L, LINN, MW and UPS
The protologue of Iris variegata (Linnaeus 1753: 38) consists of a diagnostic phrase name “IRIS corollis barbatis, caule subfolioso longitudine foliorum multifloro”, repeated from Royen (1740: 17) and cited via Hor tus upsaliensis (Linnaeus 1748: 16), followed by two polynomial synonyms cited from Hortus cliffortianus (Linnaeus 1738: 19, “Iris corollis barbatis, caule [foliis] altitudine caulis multiflori”) and Bauhin (1623: 31, “Iris latifolia pannonica, colore multiplici”) with an indication of the geographical origin “Habitat in Hungaria”
Summary
Iris variegata L. is a rhizomatous perennial species mainly native to SC Europe (Hungary, SE Czech Republic, S Slovakia, Austria, SW Germany, Croatia and Serbia), and to E Europe (W Ukraine) and SE Europe (S Romania, Bulgaria and Albania). It usually grows on dry, rocky slopes, in open woods, at forest edges and in forest-steppe meadows. It can be readily recognized by its flowers with inner perianth segments yellow and outer perianth segments yellow-white, variegated with brown to purple (from which the specific epithet is derived; Fig. 1).
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