Re: OT:(trivia) Iris iberica
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT:(trivia) Iris iberica
- From: J* C*
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 08:06:34 -0600
Bill,
That was interesting and to know. How about doing some more on other
Species.
Jim Clark in Mo.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Shear <wshear@hams-hsc.hsc.edu>
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 8:02 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] OT:(trivia) Iris iberica
>One of the parents of the very important hybrid IB-MAC is Iris
>iberica. This oncocyclus species is a native of the Caucasus region
>in Russia and has several subspecies, one of which, I. i.
>elegantissima, is often pictured in iris books.
>
>I was curious about the name of this iris, since "iberica" could be
>taken as referring to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) far
>from where the iris occurs. A recent discussion on an internet list
>for botanists inadvertantly answered this longstanding question for
>me.
>
>It turns out that there is a region in the Caucasus, now part of
>Georgia (and that's another story!), called Iberia. It is from this
>region that the iris, and many other plant and animal species, were
>given their names. Iberia was named for a tribe, the Ibers or
>Iberians, who were once widespread from the Caucasus to Spain, but as
>other tribes expanded, dwindled to those two regions. One Russian
>correspondent said that the modern Basques and the north Georgians
>are the descendents of this ancient tribe and share common features
>of their languages.
>
>Just thought you might be interested!
>--
>
>Bill Shear
>Department of Biology
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>"It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know. I
>do not get nearer by a hair's breadth to any natural object so long
>as I presume that I have an introduction to it from some learned man.
>To conceive of it with a total apprehension I must for the thousandth
>time approach it as something totally strange. If you would make
>acquaintance with the ferns you must forget your botany."
>
>--Henry David Thoreau, Journals, October 4, 1859
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