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Internal ID UUID6440285e7849a056878577
Scientific name Dietes iridioides
Authority (L.) Sweet ex Klatt
First published in Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 156 (1894)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Iris catenulata Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 147 (1877)
Iris compressa L.f. Suppl. Pl. : 98 (1782)
Iris moraeoides Ker Gawl. Bot. Mag. 34: t. 1407 (1811)
Moraea iridioides var. prolongata Baker Fl. Cap. 6: 26. 1896
Moraea irioides Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 40 (1788)
Moraea iridioides L. Mant. Pl. 1: 28 (1767)
Moraea prolongata hort. ex Baker Handb. Irid. : 60 (1892)
Moraea catenulata Lindl. Bot. Reg. 13: t. 1074 (1827)
Naron orientale Medik. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 419 (1790)
Naron iridioideum Moench Methodus : 627 (1794)
Dietes catenulata Sweet Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2. 497. 1830
Dietes compressa Klatt Linnaea 34: 584 (1866)
Dietes crassifolia G.Don Hort. Brit. , ed. 3: 661 (1839)
Dietes macleae hort. ex Baker Handb. Irid. : 60 (1892)
Dietes prolongata N.E.Br. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 37 (1928)
Ferraria blanda Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 42 (1796)
Dietes iridifolia Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 307 (1812)
Dietes prolongata var. galpinii N.E.Br. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 37. 1928
Moraea iridioides var. catenulata (Lindl.) Baker Handb. Irid. 60. 1892
Dietes iridioides (L.) Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 2: 497 1830

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Language Common/alternative name
English small wild iris
Afrikaans wilde-iris
Japanese ディエテス・イリディオイデス
Chinese 离被鸢尾
Chinese 肖鳶尾
Chinese 非洲鳶尾
Chinese 肖鸢尾

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Dietes iridioides subsp. angolensis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning Bothalia 45: 44 (2015)
Dietes iridioides subsp. iridioides Unknown

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Madeira
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Mauritius
      • Réunion

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000789349
Tropicos 16600134
INPN 706186
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60453852-2
The Plant List kew-327948
Missouri Botanical Garden 281112
Open Tree Of Life 561222
NCBI Taxonomy 93018
IPNI 60453852-2
iNaturalist 129407
GBIF 2742428
Freebase /m/026kl2d
EPPO DTEIR
USDA GRIN 417421
Wikipedia Dietes_iridioides

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Ethnoveterinary Study of Plant-Based Remedies for Treating Diseases in Small Ruminants in Maputo Province, Mozambique Barbosa FM, Cala AC, Sevastyanov V, Boane E, Hlashwayo DF Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 05-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10569895
doi:10.1155/2023/1842870
PMID:37842333
South African medicinal plants displaying angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition: Potential use in the management of preeclampsia Reddy R, Baijnath S, Moodley R, Moodley J, Naicker T, Govender N J Ayurveda Integr Med 05-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9178479
doi:10.1016/j.jaim.2022.100562
PMID:35675745
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812
Commodity risk assessment of Acer palmatum plants grafted on Acer davidii from China Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Gonthier P EFSA J 12-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9096882
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7298
PMID:35592020
Pest categorisation of Aulacaspis tubercularis Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire J, Malumphy C, Antonatos S, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, Papachristos D, MacLeod A EFSA J 06-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9074891
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7307
PMID:35572204
An Overview of the Potential Use of Ethno-Medicinal Plants Targeting the Renin–Angiotensin System in the Treatment of Hypertension De Lange-Jacobs P, Shaikh-Kader A, Thomas B, Nyakudya TT Molecules 30-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7249071
doi:10.3390/molecules25092114
PMID:32366012
New insights into Trimezieae (Iridaceae) phylogeny: what do molecular data tell us? Lovo J, Winkworth RC, Mello-Silva R Ann Bot 17-Jun-2012
PMCID:PMC3400455
doi:10.1093/aob/mcs127
PMID:22711695

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