''Patersonia'', commonly known as native iris or native flag and are native to areas from
Malesia
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to Australia.
Description
They are perennials with basal leaves growing from a woody
rhizome that in some species extends above ground to form a short trunk. The leaves are tough and fibrous, often with adaptations for conserving moisture, such as
stomata sunk in grooves, a thickened cross-section, marginal hairs, and thickened margins. The flowers appear from between a pair of
bracts
In botany
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on a leafless stem. They have three large outer
tepal
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s that are usually blue to violet, and three tiny inner tepals. There are three
stamens fused at the base to form a tube around the longer
style
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* Architectural style, the features that make a building or structure historically identifiable
* Design, the process of creating something
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, which bears a flattened
stigma.
[Goldblatt, P. (2011). Systematics of ''Patersonia'' (Iridaceae, Patersonioideae) in the Malesian archipelago. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 98: 514-523.]
Taxonomy
The genus ''Patersonia'' was first formally described in 1807 by
Robert Brown in the ''
Botanical Magazine
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Each of the issue ...
''.
The genus name is a tribute to the first Lieutenant Governor of
New South Wales
)
, nickname =
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, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
in Australia,
William Paterson, "a gentleman whose name has been long familiar to the naturalist".
Species list
The following is a list of ''Patersonia'' species accepted by
Plants of the World Online as of October 2021:
* ''
Patersonia argyrea''
D.A.Cooke (W.A.)
* ''
Patersonia babianoides''
Benth.
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(W.A.)
* ''
Patersonia borneensis''
Stapf (Borneo)
* ''
Patersonia drummondii''
F.Muell.
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ex Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
– Drummond's patersonia (W.A.)
* ''
Patersonia fragilis''
( Labill.) Asch. & Graebn. - swamp iris, short purple-flag (S.A., Qld., N.S.W., Vic., Tas.)
* ''
Patersonia glabrata''
R.Br. - leafy purple flag, bugulbi (Qld., N.S.W., Vic.)
* ''
Patersonia graminea''
Benth. – grass-leaved patersonia (W.A.)
* ''
Patersonia inaequalis''
Benth. – unequal bract patersonia (W.A.)
* ''
Patersonia inflexa
''Patersonia'', commonly known as native iris or native flag and are native to areas from Malesia to Australia.
Description
They are perennials with basal leaves growing from a woody rhizome that in some species extends above ground to form a sh ...
''
Goldblatt (Papua New Guinea)
* ''
Patersonia juncea''
Lindl.
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Early years
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– rush-leaved patersonia (W.A.)
* ''
Patersonia lanata''
R.Br. – woolly patersonia (W.A.)
* ''
Patersonia limbata''
Endl. (W.A.)
* ''
Patersonia lowii''
Stapf (Borneo)
* ''
Patersonia macrantha''
Benth. (N.T.)
* ''
Patersonia maxwellii''
(F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (W.A.)
* ''
Patersonia neocaledonica''
Goldblatt & J.C.Manning (New Caledonia)
* ''
Patersonia novo-guineensis''
Gibbs (New Guinea)
* ''
Patersonia occidentalis''
R.Br. (W.A., S.A., Vic., Tas.)
* ''
Patersonia philippinensis''
Goldblatt (
Mindoro
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)
* ''
Patersonia pygmaea''
Lindl. (W.A.)
* ''
Patersonia rudis''
Endl. (W.A.)
** ''Petersonia rudis''
Endl. subsp. ''rudis''
** ''Petersonia rudis'' subsp. ''velutina''
D.A.Cooke
* ''
Patersonia sericea''
R.Br.
** ''Patersonia sericea'' var. ''longifolia''
(R.Br.) C.Moore – purple flag (N.S.W., Vic.)
** ''Patersonia sericea''
R.Br. var. ''sericea'' – silky purple-flag (Qld., N.S.W., Vic.)
* ''
Patersonia spirafolia''
Keighery (W.A.)
* ''
Patersonia sumatrensis''
Goldblatt (
Sumatra)
* ''
Patersonia umbrosa''
Endl. (W.A.)
References
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Iridaceae genera