Iridaceae

I. barnumiae Baker & Foster in Gard. Chron. ser. 3,4:182(1888),sphalm. 'barnumi'. Figure 14. Map 57.
Plant 10-25(-30) cm. Leaves 4-6, falcate, inner ±erect, 0.1-0.5 cm broad. Bract and bracteole 4-9 cm. Flowers deep purple-violet or yellow, not markedly veined; perianth tube 1-3.5 cm; falls elliptic to obovate, 3.5-6.5 x 1.3-5 cm, rounded to obtuse or subacute, with a narrow median beard of yeEow or cream, sometimes tipped purple; standards obovate to elliptic or ±orbicalar, 4.3-8 x 2.5-5 cm; style branches elliptic-oblong, 2.7-4 x 1.5-2.4 cm, with expanded crenulate lobes 0.8-1.2 x 1 cm. Capsule ellipsoid, 5.7-7 cm.
1. Perianth deep purple-violet f. barnumae
1. Perianth yellow f. urmiensis f. barnumae. Ic: Bot. Mag. 115: t. 7050 (1889); Rech. fil., Fl. Iranica 112: t. 13 f. 3 (1975); Mathew, The Iris col. t. 6 (1981). Fl. 5-6. Dry stony slopes, 1300-2600 m.
Type: [Turkey B9 Van] a native of the hills, about two hours distant from Van in Armenia, Mrs. Barnum (holo. K!).
S.E. Anatolia. B9 Van: 20 km N.W. of Van, 1750 m, Mathew & Tomlinson 4244! BIO Van: 6 km from Özalp to Saray, 2120 m, Güner 1554! C10 Hakkari: 14 km N.E. of Yüksekova, 2000 m, Watson et al. 1550!
N.W. Iran, N. Iraq. Ir.-Tur. element.

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