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Citation: Boltenkov, E.V.; Artyukova, E.V. Updated Taxonomy of Iris scariosa (Iridaceae) Inferred from Morphological and Chloroplast DNA Sequence Data with Remarks on Classification of Iris subg. Iris. Plants 2024, 13, 2349. https://doi. Abstract: Iris scariosa is a rhizomatous perennial whose taxonomy and distribution range still remain unclear. T...
Hypecoum erectum L., a widespread species in northern Eurasia, is a valuable medicinal plant, but its chloroplast genome has not previously been reported. We determined its complete chloroplast genome using a high-throughput sequencing technique. Its total length was 169,241 bp, consisting of a large single-copy region of 93,301 bp and a small sing...
Iris thoroldii is a perennial herbaceous plant with yellow, blue, or purple flowers. The species is native to the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas. In the literature and databases, I. thoroldii has long been treated in synonymy with I. potaninii. Currently, yellow-flowered plants of I. thoroldii are considered I. potanii, and blue-flowered plants...
Since the early 20th century, Iris maackii (Iridaceae) has been considered a synonym of I. laevigata, a synonym of I. pseudacorus, or an accepted species. The current concept of I. maackii in the literature and databases is often applied to yellow-flowered plants with prominently veined rosette leaves, which are diagnostic features of I. pseudacoru...
Iris sect. Psammiris comprises rhizomatous perennials distributed in the north temperate zone of Eurasia. The systematics of the section are currently based on morphology, and the phylogenetic relationships within it still remain unclear. In the framework of Iris systematics, we conducted molecular and morphological analyses of the currently recogn...
Nicola Terracciano described Xiphion collinum (Iridaceae) in 1872, based on specimens collected in Campania region, southwestern Italy. The taxon has been treated as a synonym of Iris graminea, of I. lorea, or of I. sintenisii. Critical evaluation of original material and literature confirms that X. collinum and I. lorea are the same taxon, here re...
Viktor Janka von Bulcs described five names in Iris, i.e., I. balkana, I. cretensis, I. lorea, I.
mellita, and I. sintenisii. These names are typified on specimens deposited at BP, JE, LD, and P, and taxonomical information is provided in the present report. Lectotypes are designated for I. mellita (a taxonomic synonym of I. suaveolens) deposited a...
The species of Iris subser. Chrysographes are herbaceous perennials found mainly in southwestern and central China and also in the Eastern Himalayas. To date, six species have been recognized in this group. In the framework of its taxonomic revision, we have carried out molecular and morphological studies. For this, we have sequenced four chloropla...
Nomenclature issues of irises associated with the Turkish flora are discussed. In particular, Iris orientalis and four related names, I. ochroleuca, I. monnieri, I. gigantea, and I. albida, are typified. Lectotypes are designated for I. orientalis, I. monnieri, I. gigantea, and I. albida; a neotype for the Linnaean name I. ochroleuca is designated....
In view of the forthcoming review of Turkish irises for Resimli Türkiye Florası (The Illustrated Flora of Turkey), nineteen names are typified or nomenclatural remarks are provided in the present report. Lectotypes are designated for Iris aschersonii, I. attica, I. bornmuelleri, I. purpureobractea (a taxonomic synonym of I. junonia), I. reticulata...
As part of the ongoing revision of the Himalayas species of Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae), three names applicable to three accepted species are typified, and some nomenclatural and taxonomic remarks are provided. Lectotypes are designated for A. glauca (a taxonomic synonym of A. fragrans) and A. vulgaris subsp. nivalis (a nomenclatural synonym of A. ni...
In view of the forthcoming treatment of Turkish irises for Resimli Türkiye Florasi (The Illustrated Flora of Turkey), twenty names belonging to Iris sect. Oncocyclus are typified, or nomenclatural notes provided. Lectotypes are designated here for I. chrysantha, I. maculata, I. manissadjianii, I. medwedewii, I. paradoxa var. choschab, and I. spreng...
In view of the forthcoming treatment of Turkish irises for Resimli Türkiye Florasi (The Illustrated Flora of Turkey), twenty
names belonging to Iris sect. Oncocyclus are typified, or nomenclatural notes provided. Lectotypes are designated here
for I. chrysantha, I. maculata, I. manissadjianii, I. medwedewii, I. paradoxa var. choschab, and I. spreng...
A taxonomic revision of Iris subser. Sibiricae is provided based on morphological and molecular analyses and the study of protologues and original material. Two to three species have been recognized in this subseries by botanists. To address the question of species delimitations and relationships within this group, we analyzed four non-coding regio...
The typifcation of the Linnaean name Iris variegata (Iridaceae) is discussed. Because no original material
of the name is known to exist, a neotype is designated. To facilitate further detection and identifcation of the species,
supporting illustrations of the neotype specimen and the living plant in habitat are provided.
Revision of Himalayan Aquilegia Linnaeus (1753: 533) revealed that some names need typification or clarification. Aquilegia are perennial herbs widely distributed at high elevations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and China (Riedl & Nasir 1991, Rau 1993, Press 2000, Yonekura 2008, Shrestha et al. 2018). The purpose of this p...
Revision of Himalayan Aquilegia Linnaeus (1753: 533) revealed that some names need typification or clarification. Aquilegia
are perennial herbs widely distributed at high elevations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and China
(Riedl & Nasir 1991, Rau 1993, Press 2000, Yonekura 2008, Shrestha et al. 2018). The purpose of this...
A revision of Eranthis Salisbury (1807: 303) in Siberia as part of the preliminary study revealed that the name E. sibirica had not yet been typified. The present lectotypification is made with the explicit purpose to stabilize the use of the name in the sense it has been used before and is being used now.
Iris setosa is one of the widespread Iris species in Northeast Asia and North America. In 2018, it was found for the first time in Europe, on Kildin Island (Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation). The presence of this plant on the island and its disjunct range are discussed. To facilitate further detection and identification, a general morphological...
Nomenclature issues of three irises names described from Central Asia (Iris alberti, I. eulefeldii, and I. humilis f. foliata) are here discussed. Particularly, a second-step lectotypification for I. alberti and lectotypifications for I. eulefeldii (a taxonomic synonym of I. scariosa) and I. humilis f. foliata (a taxonomic synonym of I. longiscapa)...
Iris subser. Chrysographes comprises species native to southwestern China, as well as to the eastern Himalayas. In view of the forthcoming revision of this group, nine names applicable to six accepted species are typified, and some nomenclatural and taxonomic remarks are provided. Lectotypes are designated for I. chrysographes, I. clarkei, I. delav...
The typification of the Linnaean name Iris pumila (Iridaceae) is discussed. Original material conserved in
the Clifford Herbarium (BM), agreeing with the current usage of the name, is designated as the lectotype. An epitype
is also designated in order to avoid any ambiguity in the taxonomic interpretation of the lectotype specimen and
hence the app...
Conditions for separation and identification of integristerone A (1), 20-hydroxyecdysonc (2), ecdysone (3) and 2-deoxy-20- hydroxyecdysone (4) by reversed-phase HPLC with UV and mass-selective detection at atmospheric pressure chemical ionization have been developed. Correlation between quasi-molecular ions fragmentation and structure pecul.ant.es...
The fatty acid compositions of the lipids of two holothurian species (Cucumaria japonica and C. okhotensis) were investigated. High contents of 12-methyltetradecanoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid (up to 17.7 % and 28.4% of total fatty acids, respectively) in the lipids of both species were revealed. Species specific differences in the content of...
The nomenclatural notes, discussed in the present communication, are based on the revision of Iris Linnaeus (1753: 38) names described from Turkey, considering this genus in its wide sense (e.g., Dykes 1924, Mathew 1989, Güner 2012). Iris haussknechtii Bornm. ex Baker (1892: 4) is a species endemic to Turkey referred to I. ser. Spuriae (Diels 1930:...
Iris songarica is one of the most widely distributed species of I. ser. Tenuifoliae. Analysis of relevant literature and examination
of herbarium material have shown that I. songarica is more variable than reported in the protologue, especially in the
number of flowers and the length of the flowering stem, features which are associated with soil an...
Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes, discussed in the article, are based on the result of a taxonomic revision of Iris ser. Lac-teae, which is currently underway. This series includes 3 species: I. lactea, I. oxypetala, and I. tibetica. The protologues, relevant literature, and the types of all the published names belonging to the series have been re...
Iris ruthenica is one of the most common species of irises, the nomenclatural history of which is related with materials of the first explorations of Siberia. The typification of this name is discussed. The location and the date of plant gathering, as well as the context of the watercolour drawing, the published uncoloured engraving of which repres...
The genus Iris Linnaeus (1753: 38), when considered in a wide sense (Mathew 1989, Goldblatt et al. 2008), was established with a total of eighteen species. Presently, it comprises approximately 225 species (Goldblatt et al. 1998), distributed mostly in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Historically, the species composition of Iris ser. Lacteae has been controversial. Morphological and molecular analyses have been conducted here including specimens covering most of their distribution range. The results suggest I. ser. Lacteae includes three species: the well-known I. lactea and I. oxypetala, plus a newly defined taxon which is end...
The taxonomic notes in this article are based on the result of an analysis of the protologues, relevant literature, and a study of herbarium specimens of Iris sect. Hexapogon. This section comprises species with bearded claw in both outer and inner segments of perianth. These are relatively poorly known psammophytes occurring mostly in the desert a...
Some juno irises that have been described from Western Asia, Western Europe, and North Africa are in need of typification. Twenty eight names of juno irises (22 species, 5 varieties, and 1 form) are here typified, or nomenclatural remarks are provided. In the western portion of the species range, juno irises are represented mainly by Iris aucheri,...
Iris aphylla Linnaeus (1753: 38) (Iridaceae) is a highly variable species from the morphological point of view, especially in
the height of stem, stem branching, size of leaves, and color of flowers. Moreover, it can be found in different habitats. In
the Middle-Russian Upland, this plant is mostly associated with meadow steppes on slopes and, rare...
Itoh peony is one of the popular ornamental plants, which represents an intermediate form between herbs and trees. The present study was aimed at developing a culture growing system for mass multiplication of Itoh peony cv. ‘Julia Rose’. Axillary buds were cultured on Murashige and Skoog medium with 6-benzylaminopurine and indole-3-butyric acid for...
Juno is one of the most disputable groups of the genus Iris s.l. (Iridaceae) and the largest part of its taxa are in need of typification. In the present paper, the nomenclatural types for 28 names (21 species, 7 varieties) of juno irises are designated. Most of the original material was collected from the Central Asian republics of the former Sovi...
In Russia, the species of the genus Iris L., series Lacteae Doronkin, the taxonomic structure of which still remains controversial, are found in the south of Siberia and the Russian Far East, as well as in other regions of Asia. Sequence analysis of three chloroplast DNA regions (rps4, trnL–trnF, and trnS–trnG) shows that, in Russia and adjacent co...
A total of thirteen names of the juno irises (Iridaceae) were published by the Russian botanist Aleksey Ivanovich Vvedensky (1898–1972), and now some of these names are in need of typification. The holotypes for the names Juno capnoides, J. hippolyti, J. inconspicua, J. nicolai, J. tadshikorum, J. vicaria, and J. zenaidae are here indicated; the le...
Iris family in the countries of eastern part of Indochina Peninsula, such as Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam includes lone native genus - Iris L. with two aboriginal species - I japonica Thunb. and I. tectorum Maxim. Iris japonica is often cultivated as an outdoor ornamental plant in mountainous regions in the northern Vietnam, where it occasionally nat...
The East Asian species Chrysanthemum leiophyllum is a source of adaptive traits in the breeding of Ch. × morifolium. The specifics of introduction of Ch. leiophyllum into an in vitro culture and its micropropagation were studied. Stem segments with axillary buds were used as explants. A technique for sterilization of stems to obtain viable explants...
Megadenia Maxim. is a small genus of the Brassicaceae endemic to East Asia with three disjunct areas of distribution: the eastern edge of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, the Eastern Sayan Mountains in southern Siberia, and Chandalaz Ridge in the southern Sikhote-Alin Mountains. Although distinct species (M. pygmaea Maxim., M. bardunovii Popov, and M....
The effect of phytohormones on induction of callus tissue from immature embryos of Iris pseudacorus L. was studied. It was shown that the presence of 2,4-dichorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) in MS medium was necessary for callus induction and development. The influence of culture conditions on plant regeneration in long-term callus culture of I. pseud...
The effect of phytohormones on plant regeneration in callus culture of Iris ensata Thunb. was studied. 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) proved to be the most convenient auxin for the induction and subculturing of morphogenic callus. Biogenic calluses were induced from isolated embryos at the wax-ripeness stage in MS medium supplemented with 2...
Flavonoids uncharacteristic of intact plants were isolated from callus tissue of Iris ensata and were identified as 5-hydroxy-4′-methoxyflavone, 5-hydroxy-3′-methoxyflavone, and 5-hydroxy-2′-methoxyflavone using PMR
and mass spectrometry. It was proposed that the lack of growth of callus tissue after changing cultivation conditions was
related to t...
We tested the differentiation and morphogenetic capacity of floral organs of Iris ensata, I. setosa, and I. sanguinea cultured in vitro. Organogenesis through direct formation of shoots from explants, callogenesis, and floral organogenesis were demonstrated in I. ensata callus culture in vitro. These processes depended on the plant species and on t...
Integristerone A and 2-deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone were observed for the first time in the aerial and subterrean organs of the eastern Asian plant Serratula komarovii Iljin. a-Ecdysone was not found in the plants. The dynamics of phytoecdysteroid content (integristerone A, 20-hydroxyecdysone, and 2-deoxy-20- hydroxyecdysone) in the vegetative and gene...
A continuous callus culture was obtained from zygotic embryos of Japanese iris (Iris ensata Thunb.) on Murashige–Skoog medium supplemented with 2 mg/l -naphthylacetic acid and 0.5 mg/l 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP). It was found that successful callusogenesis required isolated embryos at the wax stage of endosperm development. The optimal combination o...
A continuous callus culture was obtained from zygotic embryos of Japanese iris (Iris ensata Thunb.) on the Murashige-Skoog medium supplemented with 2 mg/l alpha-naphthylacetic acid and 0.5 mg/l 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP). It was found that a successful callusogenesis required isolated embryos at the wax stage of endosperm development. The optimal co...
A possibility of clonal propagation in Far-Eastern repre-sentatives of Iris pseudacorus species by indirect shoot regeneration in tissue culture has been demonstrated. A variability in 255 RAPD fragments (193 fragment (-76%) among them proved to be polymorphic) between intact plants and regenerants was studied. 22 RAPD fragments observed in the reg...
The dynamics of 20-hydroxyecdysone content in vegetative and generative organs of Stemmacantha uniflora subsp. satzyperovii (Soskov) Dittrich, which is distributed over Primorskii Krai, were investigated. A high content of 20-hydroxyecdysone during the plant vegetative period is characteristic of growing organs. The amount is maximal for young leav...
Stemmacantha satzyperovii and Serratula manshurica, perennial herbs of the Eastern Asia, are characterized by high 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) contents. We carried out the investigation on seasonal variations of 20E level in vegetative and generative organs. Identification and determination of 20E contents was conducted by HPLC-MS, HPLC-UV data. An an...
Six species of Iris L. genus (I. setosa, I. ensata, I. oxypetala, I. pseudocorus, I. pumila, and I. laevigata) were comparatively studied using the RAPD and cytogenetic analyses of genomes of their callus cultures and intact donor plants. The closest genetic similarity was observed in callus cultures derived from the same donor plant and the least...