Pollen morphology of the genus Iris L. (Iridaceae) from Croatia and surrounding area: taxonomic and phylogenetic implications

A new spontaneous hybrid between the cultivated and wild iris species from Serbia

“…×rotschildii has a small amount of fertile pollen grains, similar to I. ×sambucina (Mitić et al 2013). The diploid plant collected by F. Kušan in Mt.…”

“…The plant was initially connected with I. aphylla (Horvat & Horvat 1962) and later was synonymised with I. ×germanica (Barker & Govaerts 2018), but Mitić et al (2013) presumed that I. croatica could be an autotetraploid of I. pallida s.l. In our opinion, this tetraploid probably arose as a result of polyploidisation of backcrossed hybrid progenies between I. pallida × I. variegata (I.…”

Molecular Study of Selected Taxonomically Critical Taxa of the Genus Iris L. from the Broader Alpine-Dinaric Area

“…Namely, wide distribution, morpho-ecological diversity, multiple hybridisations, and convergent evolution processes, make definitive statements of the origin and evolution of taxa in the genus Iris very difficult [ 4 , 5 ]. To resolve a myriad of uncertainties and issues related to taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships within the genus Iris , extensive work was performed on morpho-anatomical features, palynology, phytochemical constituents’ analysis, cytogenetic traits, and molecular analysis [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ]. Despite different approaches to lower (and individual) taxonomic categories, most authors agree on the classification of the genus Iris into six subgenera, which are divided into sections and series [ 1 , 10 , 11 ].…”

“…The broad Alpine-Dinaric, as well as the surrounding Mediterranean and Pannonian area of Europe (where irises for our study were sampled) is characterised by peculiar eco-climate conditions which have caused a great morphological variability of some Iris populations and groups. Their variety has resulted in ambiguous systematic status of some regional, especially endemic, Iris taxa [ 5 , 8 ]. Some of them are recognised in the national and regional floras [ 12 , 13 ] and still have an unclear phylogenetic and classification status.…”

Karyotypes of species of the genus Iris from the flora of Ukraine

“…Більшість класифікацій роду Iris, які ґрунтуються на морфології та част ко во доповнені мо ле ку лярно-філогенетичними дослідженнями [36,85,109,[117][118][119][120], про по ну ють поділ роду на 6 [36,60,61] чи більше [87,120] підродів [65].…”