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Iris xiphium

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Genome
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Internal ID UUID644027c5811c9318554015
Scientific name Iris xiphium
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 40 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Iris hispanica hort. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 438. 1821
Iris lusitanica Ker Gawl. Bot. Mag. 18: t. 679 (1803)
Iris taitii Foster Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 40: 145 (1906)
Iris variabilis Jacq. Collectanea 2: 321 (1789)
Xiphion lusitanicum Alef. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 297 (1863)
Xiphion verum Schrank Flora 7(2 Beibl.): 16 (1824)
Xiphion vulgare Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 2 (1768)
Iris xiphium var. battandieri Foster Bulbous Irises : 65 (1892)
Iris xiphium f. durandoi Batt. Fl. Algérie Monocot.: 42 1895
Xiphion xiphium (L.) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev Phytotaxa 232: 63 (2015)
Xiphion xiphium var. battandieri (Foster) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev Phytotaxa 232: 63 (2015)
Xiphion xiphium var. lusitanicum (Ker Gawl.) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev Phytotaxa 232: 63 (2015)
Iris xiphium var. praecox Dykes Gen. Iris : 215 (1912)
Xiphion xiphium var. praecox (Dykes) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev Phytotaxa 232: 63 (2015)
Xiphion xiphium var. taitii (Foster) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev Phytotaxa 232: 63 (2015)
Iris spectabilis Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 5: 93 (1846)
Iris xiphium var. castrensis Costa Programa Resum. Leccion. Bot. Gen. : 249 (1859)
Xiphion vulgare var. lusitanicum (Ker Gawl.) Baker Gard. Chron. , n.s., 5: 559 (1876)
Iris xiphium prol. hispanica (Tubergen) Cout. Fl. Portug. : 124 (1947)
Iris xiphium prol. lusitanica (Ker Gawl.) Samp. Man. Fl. Port. : 106 (1910)

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Language Common/alternative name
English spanish iris
Spanish boca de sierpe
Spanish reyllabuey
Spanish lirio xifio
Spanish lirio ilírico
Spanish lirio ilirico
Spanish lirio español
Spanish lirio espanol
Spanish lirio de valladolid
Spanish lirio de la sierra
Spanish lirio de dos colores
Spanish lirio bulboso de flor azul
Spanish lirio azul de mayo
Spanish espadaña portuguesa
Spanish espadaña olorosa
Arabic سوسن إسباني
Welsh gellesgen sbaen
German spanische schwertlilie
German xiphium vulgare
Persian زنبق اسپانیایی
Finnish espanjankurjenmiekka
Turkish İspanya süseni
Chinese 西班牙鸢尾
Chinese 葡萄牙鸢尾

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Madeira
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
  • Europe
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000784062
USDA Plants IRXI
INPN 103800
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:439272-1
The Plant List kew-322599
Open Tree Of Life 486606
Observations.org 151552
NCBI Taxonomy 889465
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000014204
Nature Serve 2.142551
IUCN Red List 203237
IPNI 439272-1
iNaturalist 164139
GBIF 5297966
Freebase /m/0c7cv_
EPPO IRIXI
EOL 490942
USDA GRIN 20447
Wikipedia Iris_xiphium

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Scientific Literature Top

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Using Analytic Hierarchy Process to Assess Beekeeping Suitability in Portuguese Controlled Areas: A First Approach Roque N, Fernandez P, Silveira C, Vilas-Boas M, Anjos O Insects 29-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10888816
doi:10.3390/insects15020091
PMID:38392511
Evaluation of Anticancer Activity of 76 Plant Species Collected in Andalusia (Spain) against Lung Cancer Cells Jiménez-González V, Benítez G, Pastor JE, López-Lázaro M, Calderón-Montaño JM Plants (Basel) 15-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10536323
doi:10.3390/plants12183275
PMID:37765439
Effect of Sheep Grazing, Stocking Rates and Dolomitic Limestone Application on the Floristic Composition of a Permanent Dryland Pasture, in the Montado Agroforestry System of Southern Portugal Carreira E, Serrano J, Gomes CJ, Shahidian S, Paniagua LL, Pilirito A, Lopes Castro J, Carvalho M, Pereira AF Animals (Basel) 20-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9559647
doi:10.3390/ani12192506
PMID:36230248
Draft genome of Rosenbergiella nectarea strain 8N4T provides insights into the potential role of this species in its plant host Laviad-Shitrit S, Izhaki I, Whitman WB, Shapiro N, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Halpern M PeerJ 06-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7144588
doi:10.7717/peerj.8822
PMID:32292647
Yeasts in floral nectar: a quantitative survey Herrera CM, de Vega C, Canto A, Pozo MI Ann Bot 10-Feb-2009
PMCID:PMC2701759
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp026
PMID:19208669

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