Re: SIB: from Siberia? Yes !
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] SIB: from Siberia? Yes !
- From: J* P*
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 22:35:05 +0400
> Ellen Gallagher wrote:
>
> I will quote from the definitive source on this question who is
> Dr. Currier McEwen and he tells us some did and some didn't
> originate in Siberia in his book, The Siberian Iris.
>
> The conventional wisdom has been that no siberian species
> originated in Siberia but that assumption is false and you can
> _blame_ Linnaeus. Within in the series Sibericae there are two
> subseries: Sibiricae and Chrysographes. The species found in the
> Sibiricae subseries are three: I. sanguinea, I. sibiricae and I.
> typhifolia.
>
> Evidently Linnaeus confused I. sanguinea which is native to
> Siberia and I. sibiricae which is native to Central Europe. For
> greater detail refer to 'The Siberian Iris', p. 2.
Hello Ellen,
Can't be agree with you.
Iris sibirica is widely spread in Western Siberia. Eastern border of its
areal is at 85th longitude. While western border of Iris sanguinea is at
104th longitude (western beach of lake Baikal).
Juri Pirogov,
Moscow, Russia
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