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	Iris unguicularis  POIR.  subsp. cretensis  (JANKA) A.P.DAVIS & JURY

Fam.: Iridaceae / Iris Fam.

Genus:  Iris  L.

Authors:
	POIR.:		Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755 - 1834), French explorer and botanist
	JANKA:		Viktor Janka von Bulcs (1837 - 1900), Hungarian botanist
	A.P.DAVIS:		Aaron Paul Davis (1965 - ), English botanist
	JURY:		Stephen Leonard Jury (1949 - ), British botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Iris:		rainbow
	unguicularis:		fingernail-sized
	cretensis:		from Crete

Fig. 1:  Iris unguicularis subsp. cretensis / Winter-Blooming Iris Crete, Lasithi 5.4.1990

Fig. 2:  Iris unguicularis subsp. cretensis / Winter-Blooming Iris Crete, Kamares 10.5.1991

Fig. 3:  Iris unguicularis subsp. cretensis / Winter-Blooming Iris Crete, Katharon - Plateau 24.4.2001

Fig. 4:  Iris unguicularis subsp. cretensis / Winter-Blooming Iris Crete, Phaistos 15.2.2002

Fig. 5:  Iris unguicularis subsp. cretensis / Winter-Blooming Iris Crete, Spili 5.4.2015

Fig. 6:  Iris unguicularis subsp. cretensis / Winter-Blooming Iris Crete, Spili 5.4.2015

Fig. 7:  Iris unguicularis subsp. cretensis / Winter-Blooming Iris Crete, Kotsifou - Gorge 2.4.2015

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