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Subgenus Xiphium is a subgenus of Iris. If considered a separate genus from Iris, it is known as genus Xiphion. The Latin specific epithet Xiphium refers to the Greek word for sword xiphos. [1] All species in this subgenus are true bulbs, and are native to southwest Europe (southern Spain, Portugal and southern France) and northern Africa. [2]
Iris × hollandica, commonly known as the Dutch iris, is a hybrid iris developed from species native to Portugal, Spain and North Africa [1] (Iris tingitana × Iris xiphium). [ 2 ] Two varieties of Iris xiphium (var. praecox ) from Spain and (var. lusitanica ) from Portugal, were crossed with Iris tingitana (from North Africa).
Iris albicans – white cemetery iris, white flag iris; Iris alexeenkoi Grossh. Iris aphylla L. – stool iris, table iris, leafless iris (including I. nudicaulis) Iris aphylla subsp. hungarica (Waldst. & Kit.) Helgi ; Iris attica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Hayek; Iris benacensis A.Kern. ex Stapf; Iris bicapitata Colas; Iris croatica – Perunika I ...
The HBW Alive Key has been the underpinning for developments between the Cornell Lab and BirdLife International to produce a unified checklist of the birds of the world, and is currently used to form the list of bird species on the IUCN Red List. [13]
Iris xiphium, commonly known as the Spanish iris, is an iris native to Spain and Portugal. It has also been found in Corsica, South West France, southern Italy, Algeria and Tunisia. [2] This species is also known as the small bulbous-rooted iris or xiphium iris. It was first illustrated in 'Flowers of the Mediterranean' in 1965. [2]
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
Endemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation Alison J. Stattersfield, Michael J. Crosby, Adrian J. Long and David C. Wege (1998) Birdlife International ISBN 0-946888-33-7; The lists of EBAs above, and all associated data, are sourced from information presented in this work
This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Netherlands. The avifauna of the Netherlands included a total of 570 species documented in the wild through October 2024 according to Checklist of Dutch Bird Species with supplemental additions from Avibase. The checklist "incorporates all decisions by the Dutch rarities committee 'Commissie ...