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Pakistan V. 202 Login 8. Iris falcifolia Bunge in Mém. Acad. Sc. Petersb. 7: 505. 1851; Boiss., Fl. Or. 5: 133, 1884; Baker, Handb. Irideae: 30. 1892; Burkill, Work. List Fl. Pl. Baluch. 72. 1909; B. Fedtsch. in Kom. Fl. U.S.S.R. 4: 544. 1968 (English transl.); Wendelbo & B. Mathew, in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 112: 37. 1975; B. Mathew, Iris: 65. 1981; M. Rix in SGBIS, Guide Species Irises: 97. 1997. S. I. Ali & Brian Mathew

Perennial. Roots fleshy. Rhizome creeping, consisting of nut-like fragments, one such fragment developing each year, covered with fibrous remains of old leaf sheaths. Leaves up to 25 cm long, 2-4 mm broad. Peduncle (stem) 10-35 cm long, 1-2 sheathing leaves at the base, 2-4 flowered. Bracts 3-4, 2.5-5 cm long, greenish tinted purplish, margin hyaline. Pedicel short. Flower 3-4 cm in diameter, hypanthium c. 3.0 cm long. Falls 3-4.0 cm long, 6-9.0 mm broad, elliptic oblong to lanceolate-obovate, with whitish beard, from base to the middle of the blade; standard 3-4.0 cm long, narrowly lanceolate, haft canaliculate, sparsely bearded near base. Filaments c. 1.0 cm long, anthers 1-1.5 cm long. Style branches 2.7 cm long, keeled, narrow, lobes 8.0 mm long, narrowly triangular; stigma globose, crenulate. Capsule 2.5-4 cm long, narrowing at both ends. Seeds c. 5 mm long, pear shaped, ring shaped aril at smaller end.

Fl. Per.: March-April.

Type: In deserto inter-Buchara et Kermine (P), Isotype (K).

Distribution: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Baluchistan).

url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=240010012 accessdate=10 April 2015 Flora of Pakistan

Iris falcifolia Bunge is an accepted name http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-321811 no synonyms

http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=928051-1 Iridaceae Iris falcifolia Bunge Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Flora Russlands und der Steppen Central-Asiens (Beitr. Fl. Russl.) Vol.329 in 7 Nov 1852. Distribution: U.S.S.R. (Middle Asia).

https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/23032/Iris-falcifolia/Details rhs accepted name

Taxon: Iris falcifolia Bunge Genus: Iris subgenus: Iris section: Hexapogon Family: Iridaceae subfamily: Iridoideae tribe: Irideae Nomen number: 20299 Place of publication: Beitr. Fl. Russl. 329. 1852 (Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 7:505. 1854) Name verified on: 02-Oct-2014 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 02-Oct-2014 Distributional range: Native: •ASIA-TEMPERATE Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran Middle Asia: Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan •ASIA-TROPICAL Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20299

Other sources

 * Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
 * Khassanov, F. O. & N. Rakhimova. 2012. Taxonomic revision of the genus Iris L. (Iridaceae Juss.) for the flora of Central Asia. Stapfia 97:175.
 * Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
 * Mathew, B. 1981. The Iris. 65–66.
 * Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
 * Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.

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date=2013-12-05, first=Alain last=Franco) title=(SPEC) Iris falcifolia Bunge 1847, Bunge url=http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Spec/SpecFalcifolia Iris falcifolia Bunge (Alexander von Bunge, 1847, Caspian Beluchistan); Section Hexapogon; height 4-8" (10-20 cm); 2-5 flowers, lilac with darker veining; beard whitish; Leaves curved wider; Pl. Lehn in Mem. Sav. Etr. 7: 505. 1847; Dykes, The Genus Iris 128. 1913, illustrated; Yr. Bk., I.S.(E.) 44. 1933; Iris fiifolia Bung; Iris longiscapa Ledeb. 2n=18, Zakharyeva 1985.