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La colección de lirios (Iris L. Iridaceae) de la Estación Biológica de Torretes – Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Alicante: Iridario “Christine Lomer”

Title:
La colección de lirios (Iris L. Iridaceae) de la Estación Biológica de Torretes – Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Alicante: Iridario “Christine Lomer”
Authors:
Ríos Ruiz, Roger Segundo  
MARTINEZ-FRANCES, VANESSA  
MOYA ADÁN, Pedro
POYATOS ÁLVAREZ, Roberto
Editor:
Floramontiberica
Department:
Departamentos de la UMH::Biología Aplicada
Issue Date:
2024
URI:
https://hdl.handle.net/11000/32234
Abstract:
Los lirios son una de las flores simbólicas más apreciadas desde la historia antigua y así aparecen ligados irreversiblemente a la cultura occidental. Dentro del género Iris s.l. los llamados Bulbosos y Barbados, son los que han sufrido mayor cultivo y selección desde principios del s. XVI hasta ...  Ver más
Irises have been one of the most appreciated symbolic flowers since ancient history and appear irreversibly linked to Western culture. Within the genus Iris s.l., the so-called Bulbous and Beardeds, are the ones that have undergone the greatest cultivation and selection from the beginning of the 16th century to the present day. The latter are the ones that make up the majority of the collection of the Biological Re search Station of Torretes – Botanical Garden of the University of Alicante. Probably Clusio and John Gerard were the real pioneers in the cultivation of Iris. From the 16th century until the end of the 18th century, do mestication was based on the intrinsic variability and hybridisations of the eastern Mediterranean species such as Iris pallida and I. variegata, with the participation of I. germanica and I. florentina. This is how the first cultivars emerged, which increased their variability, range of colors, size and rigidity of the tepals, velvety touch, aromas, etc. with the introduction of Asian tetraploid species. All this multiplied the number of varie ties exponentially to more than 70,000 varietal registers today. It was at Torretes that the idea of establishing a monographic collection of Irises arose in 2016, after receiving a donation from Christine Lomer and Nick Brown of a replica of the so-called “Jardín de los Lirios” that they ran in Jalón (Alicante). To this initial do nation had to be added several hundred cultivars from “Iris of Laymont” offered by Roland Deyoux, president of the Société de Iris et plantes bulboses de France. To this we add species obtained by exchange between botanical gardens, which are the origin of the so-called “Iridario Christine Lomer” of Torretes in honour of our first donor, which we maintain for the enjoyment of our visitors.
Keywords/Subjects:
Estación Biológica Torretes
Iris
plantas ornamentales
Biological Research Station of Torretes
ornamental plants
Knowledge area:
CDU: Ciencias puras y naturales: Biología
Type of document:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Access rights:
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Appears in Collections:
Artículos Biología Aplicada



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