Iris croatica

Iris croatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris
Species: I. croatica
Binomial name
Iris croatica
I.Horvat & M.D.Horvat

Iris croatica is a bearded rhizomatous species of iris (subgenus Iris) endemic to Croatia.

It grows mostly in the woods of Downy Oak (Quercus pubescens) and Black Hophornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia) on dolomite and limestone soils.[1] It is known from hilly parts of continental Croatia including the hills of Samoborsko gorje (near Samobor), the hill Cesargradska gora (near Klanjec), near Josipdol, on the hill of Strahinjčica (near Radoboj), and at Zagrebačko gorje and Žumberačko gorje.[1] It was described in 1962 by botanists Ivo and Marija Horvat.[1][2]

It is on the Croatian list of strictly protected plants, among nine Iridaceae species.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Zima, Dinko; Tomašević, Mirko (January 2009). "Locality of the species Iris croatica Horvat et Horvat, M. in Požega Valley". Agronomy Journal (in Croatian). Zagreb, Croatia: Croatian society of agronomists. 70 (5): 513. ISSN 0002-1954. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  2. Horvat, Ivo; Horvat, Marija (1961–1962). "Iris croatica – nova vrsta perunike u Hrvatskoj". Acta Botanica Croatica (in Croatian). Zagreb: Division of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. 20/21: 7–20. ISSN 0365-0588.
  3. Ministry of Culture (Croatia) (2004-07-20). "Pravilnik o skupljanju samoniklih biljaka u svrhu prerade, trgovine i drugog prometa". Narodne novine (in Croatian) (04/100). Retrieved 2012-06-06.
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