Abstract
As a part of the revision of Xiphion ( Iris subg. Xiphion ) for the ‘Flora Iberica’ project, some material collected in the 19th and 20th centuries in the Tangiers area (northern Morocco) was found impossible to assign to any of the known taxa in the genus. In part, they resembled X. junceum and X. rutherfordii , but showed a peculiar combination of vegetative and floral characters which to date is exclusive. Accordingly, the new species X. heracleanum Mart. Rodr. & M. B. Crespo is described for these plants, and evidence is reported to justify the adopted treatment. Relationships to other taxa in the genus are also discussed, and the new combination X. rutherfordii (Mart. Rodr., P. Vargas, M. Carine & Jury) Mart. Rodr. & M. B. Crespo comb. nov. is provided.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
Moroccan Xiphion specimens had a unique combination of vegetative and floral characters.
- Outcome
- a peculiar combination of vegetative and floral characterse0
- Comparator
- X. junceum and X. rutherfordiie0
XiphionOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“they resembled X. junceum and X. rutherfordii , but showed a peculiar combination of vegetative and floral characters which to date is exclusive.”
t0“Xiphion”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors describe X. heracleanum as a new species.
- Taxon
- X. heracleanumXiphion heracleanume0
- Outcome
- new speciese0
Verbatim
e0“the new species X. heracleanum Mart. Rodr. & M. B. Crespo is described for these plants”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors provide a new combination for X. rutherfordii.
Verbatim
e0“the new combination X. rutherfordii (Mart. Rodr., P. Vargas, M. Carine & Jury) Mart. Rodr. & M. B. Crespo comb. nov. is provided.”