■ (SPEC) Iris haynei (Baker) Mallet

1904, Botanical author Baker

Iris haynei (Baker) Mallet (Hayne, before 1905, Mount Gilboa and East Shomron endemic, Israel); Section Oncocyclus ; Flowers Dusky lilac;

See below:

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

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References:

Baker in The Gardeners' Chronicle 35, 266 (1904);
_ Krel. 1905; Berry 1922a;
Sapir, Y., A. Shmida, and G. Ne'eman. 2006. Morning floral heat as a reward to the pollinators of the Oncocyclus irises. Oecologia 147:53-59.
Amer. Col. 1939; Registered as form of Iris atrofusca; but listed as species by Mathew although he notes Dinsmore believes it is a doubtful species.
Award of Merit, Royal Horticulture Society 1904, shown by Cutbush; Hort. Dir. 46: 65, 1905;
Arafeh, R. M. H., Y. Sapir, A. Shmida, N. Iraki, O. Fragman, and H. P. Comes. 2002. Patterns of genetic and phenotypic variation in Iris haynei and I. atrofusca (Iris sect. Oncocyclus = the Royal Irises) along an environmental gradient in Israel and the West Bank. Molecular Ecology 11:39-53.
Sapir, Y., A. Shmida, O. Fragman, and H. P. Comes. 2002. Morphological variation of the Oncocyclus Irises (Iris: Iridaceae) in the Southern Levant. Botan J Linn Soc 139:369-382.
Sapir, Y., A. Shmida, and G. Ne'eman. 2005. Pollination of the Oncocyclus irises (Iris: Iridaceae) by night-sheltering male bees. Plant Biology 7:417-424.

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Synonym:

Iris haynei (Baker) Mallet); Iris biggeri, Dinsm. ----

Chromosome counts:

2n=20-Avishai & Zohary 1980. Registered as ‘Haynei' ----

Variations

Iris haynei (Baker) Mallet).
forma biggeri, (Dinsm.) Mathew

Iris haynei has the following recorded cultivar names; 'Biggeri', 'Haynei'; ----

Hybrids

Iris haynei crosses: 'Arabian Knight', 'Galeet', 'Gilmond', 'Judean Bronze', 'Shah Azul', 'Syrian Dawn'.

Iris haynei is the grandparent in the following crosses; 'Gethsemane', 'Shany', 'Syrian Scroll'. ----

Distribution & Cultivation

Endangered Species: Since the Mount Gilboa iris has such a limited distribution any development on Mt Gilboa threatens to reduce the size of its population possibly to unsustainable levels. For more information Click on this link to the Jewish press.

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-- BobPries - 2010-02-01

• Iris Haynei is endemic to Palestine. This is published in the IUCN,Plantlife and WWF. It is present in Faqoua` village area, so its name in arabic Sawsan Faqoua`. It is endemic and critically endangered

I can Provide you with my own Pictures for it -- BananAlsheikh - 2014-11-26

• Dear Banan Alsheikh; We would love to include you pictures on this topic. As in everything on this wiki images and other contributions are displayed but remain the copyright of the contributor. If you would like to e-mail me for assistance my address is robertpries@embarqmail.com. Thanks, BP -- BobPries - 2014-11-26