Iris sanguinea tobataensis S.Akiyama & Iwashina (2009:207)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Limniris sanguinea var. tobataensis (S.Akiyama & Iwashina) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev in Phytotaxa 232: 57 (2015)
Conservation Status
Extinct in the Wild (Akiyama & Iwashina, 2009; Mizuno et al., 2018; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last wild record: uncertain (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Distribution
Tobata, Kita-Kyushu City, Fukuoka Pref., Japan
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Akiyama, S. and Iwashina, T. (2009). Tobata-ayame: A new variety of Iris sanguinea Hornem. from northern Kyusyu, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series B 35: 205-209.
Other references:
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2024). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]
Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D. E. and Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
Mizuno, Takayuki, Okuyama, Yudai and Iwashina, Tsukasa. (2018). Flavonoids from Iris sanguinea var. tobataensis and Chemotaxonomic and Molecular Phylogenetic Comparisons with Iris sanguinea var. sanguinea. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. B, 44(3): 135-145.
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 2 June 2024]