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Iris florentina

Lange
Tracheophyta » Asparagales » Iridaceae » Iris florentina
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
X10 Mixed landscapes
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
Global distribution

Baleares 55 1; Baleares 1987 0; Canary Is. 168 1; Canary Is. 197 0; Cape Verde 189 1; Cape Verde 194 0; Cyprus 190 1; Cyprus 1994 0; East Aegean Is. 198 1; East Aegean Is. 1986 0; France 216 1; France 353 0; Italy 285 1; Italy 357 0; Kriti 307 1; Kriti 1766 0; Lebanon-Syria 1767 0; Morocco 357 1; Morocco 198 0; Palestine 1754 0; Portugal 470 1; Portugal 1581 0; Sardegna 489 1; Sardegna 1745 0; Saudi Arabia 491 1; Saudi Arabia 114 0; Sicilia 503 1; Sicilia 1592 0; Spain 513 1; Spain 257 0; Turkey 554 1; Turkey 356 0; West Himalaya 227 0; Yemen 113 0; Yugoslavia 1588 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive. Gardens, waste ground & roadsides; 4500-5000' - sites listed are all in Division 2. 

Recorded from: Troodos square (under pines) and from Prodromos, Marathasa valley and near Presidential house at Troodos. Typical habitat is pine forest. 

First detection year
1885
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol 2.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Hadjikyriakou G, Hadjisterkotis E (2002) The adventive plants of Cyprus with new records of invasive species. Zeitschrift fur Jagdwissenschaft 48: 59–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02192393

Martini G, Viciani D (2018) What happened to Linnaeus’s Iris florentina? Re-evaluation of this taxon at species level. Taxon 67: 395-400.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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