■(SPEC) Iris manissadjianii

1896, Freyn

Iris manissadjianii Freyn, Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 180 (1896).

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| Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 180 (1896) Translation from Latin = 'Iris (Oncocyclus) Manissadjiani Freyn n. sp. loosely tufted, rhizome fleshy at apex with dead sheaths, leaf cover not fibrous, leaves subsessile, all basal, short, linear, narrow, very folded, and often recurved, lowest obtuse, highest acute, all smooth, multinerved, scape always obtuse, simple, aphyllous, smooth, subflexuous, leaves equilong or subshorter; spathes two herbaceous green broadly lanceolate subinflated, acuminate multinerved leaves dissimilar, perigonous ovary tube sessile cylindrical equilongo spatha included, violet (?) veined outer lobes darker colored shorter and narrower obovate-spathulate (?) from the middle subrecurved, inside from the base to the middle long densely bearded, internal lobes broadly elliptical obtusely erect with wavy margins, stigma perigonium shorter lobes..., filaments anther subequilongo, capsule... 2%. May.

Pontus galaticus, Amasia: in mount Karaman rocky limestone places about 500 m. above sea on 15 May 1893 discovered by Manissadjian (exs. 1091). Translation from German = 'Dimensions: Leaves 6-12 cm long, apparently only 3 mm due to the strong folding, but 6-7 mm wide when spread out, the innermost the longest; stem 7.5-9 cm high, 2 mm thick; sheaths completely closed, 5 x 1 cm, with acuminate or up to 6 x 0.7 cm and finely pointed; outer tepals 5, inner 6 cm long, the latter 3 cm wide; anthers and filaments each about 1.6 cm long, ovary and tepal tube about 2.5 cm long.

Although I can only describe this plant incompletely and only from dry specimens, it offers a unique character due to its narrow, sometimes almost circularly rolled leaves, the leafless stem, and The large flowers with their broad inner tepals present so many distinguishing characteristics from the otherwise (at least when dried!) very similar lower species of the sect. Pogoniris that it cannot be confused with any of them, even in less well-dried specimens. Thus, I. pumila Jacq. has straight, much broader leaves; the tepal tube is 4-5 times longer than the ovary and protrudes long from the sheath; the flowers are smaller and narrower; I. ​​zqutloba Ledeb. is jang-leaved, albeit narrow-leaved, but the tepal tube is very long, like in I. pumila; the flower is large, but the tepal tepals are narrower, and the anthers are longer than the filaments; I. attica Boiss. et Heldr. I. is particularly low, the sheath valves are frequent and linear, the tepal tube is very long (as in I. pumila), the flowers are smaller with narrower lobes; I. balkana Janka is the most dissimilar, broad-leaved, the sheaths are very inflated, the tepal tube is twice as long as the ovary, the flowers are smaller, but with tepal lobes of equal length and width. Habitually, I. Manissadjiani is most similar to the curved- and narrow-leaved species related to I. rubromarginata Baker, especially I. melitta Janka. However, the latter has leafy stems, three-valved sheaths, long, protruding tepal tubes, narrower tepal lobes, etc. I. rubromarginata also has long tepal tubes, differently shaped tepal lobes, etc. However, I. Manissadjiani is distinguished from all these and the Pogoniris species in general by its outer tepals, which are evenly bearded from the base up to the middle (not only along the midvein), and its folded, non-flat leaves, for which reason it is also assigned to the section Oncocyclus. There, it is clearly comparable to I. iberica Hoffm., which, however, is sufficiently distinguished by the tepal tube extending to the tip of the vagina, which is longer than the ovary, and by the equally long, differently colored tepals, the outer ones of which are folded back (not horizontally extended) and not marked with a dark spot. I. acutiloba C. A. Mey. is already out of comparison due to its narrow, pointed, triangular tepals; the other relatives are even more distinct.

It is remarkable that the distribution area of ​​Oncocyclus species has experienced such a significant northwestward expansion as a result of the discovery of the first Manissadjiani, for the northwest boundary previously formed a line that could be imagined as extending from Transcaucasia via Mardin to eastern Cilicia. Also striking is the abundant occurrence of Iris species, including such special and hitherto unknown |

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-- BobPries - 2011-03-07