Re: OT:(trivia) Iris iberica

Great info, thank you Bill,keep up the info,Please.
Dorothy Hartman,
Pentwater,MI,Zone 5/6
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Shear" <wshear@email.hsc.edu>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 9:04 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
> Hampden-Sydney College
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> acquaintance with the ferns you must forget your botany."
>
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