identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
2D5198E1B42355B9A4FEB3558B708BC5.text	2D5198E1B42355B9A4FEB3558B708BC5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Iris cariciformis Z. Z. Zhang & G. X. Zhang 2026	<div><p>Iris cariciformis Z. Z. Zhang &amp; G. X. Zhang sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 2</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Morphologically similar to I. dabashanensis, but differs by the longer perianth tube (1.6–2.5 cm vs 0.2–0.5 cm) and ovoid capsules with a prominent beak (vs globose and beakless).</p><p>Type.</p><p>China • Shaanxi Province, Zhashui County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.18063&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.66939" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.18063/lat 33.66939)">Liushugou</a>, on the dry hillside; 326 m; 33°40'09.8"N 109°10'50.3"E; 30 March 2025 (fl); Z. Z. Zhang ZZZ-LSG- 001 (holotype: CSH!; isotypes: CSH!, NAS!) .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Perennial tufted herb with persistent fibrous leaf remnants sheathing the base. Rhizomes slender, usually stoloniferous. Roots slender, much branched, with small root nodules. Leaves pale green, narrowly linear, 20–40 cm × 2–3 mm, with 1 or 2 veins. Flowering stems 10–15 cm tall, bearing 1–2 leaves; bracts 2 (rarely 3), green, narrowly lanceolate, 2.7–4.2 cm × ca. 4 mm. Flowers pale purple, 2.5–3 cm in diameter; pedicels slender, 1.7–2.5 cm long; perianth tube slender, 1.6–2.5 cm long; sepals pale purple, horizontal and recurved distally, broadly ovate, 1.8–2.3 cm × 6–9 mm, base narrowed and yellow, midvein creamy white with purple spots, entire, with 2 irregularly raised lateral ridges; petals slightly angled upward, suborbicular, 1.5–1.7 cm × ca. 7 mm, abruptly contracted into a claw at the basal quarter. Stamens creamy white, ca. 8 mm long; anthers linear, equal to filaments; ovary ca. 6 mm long; style branches ascending, ca. 1.3 cm × 4 mm, apex bifid with lobes ca. 4 mm long. Capsule ovoid with a prominent beak, 1.7–2 cm × ca. 1 cm. Seeds brown, 2–3 mm in diameter, with white appendages. Flowering April, fruiting May – June.</p><p>Distribution and ecology.</p><p>Iris cariciformis is distributed in the central Qinling Mountains (Zhashui County, Shaanxi Province, China), where it grows on mountain slopes and cliffs (Fig. 3).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The new species grows in clusters and has slender leaves, resembling plants of the Carex L. that inhabit the same environment, hence the specific epithet “ cariciformis ” was chosen.</p><p>Preliminary conservation status.</p><p>According to the Red List Categories and Criteria of IUCN (2024), the conservation status of I. cariciformis is preliminarily assessed as Least Concern (LC). This species meets the criteria for the LC category due to its relatively wide distribution, considerable population size, and intact population structure (including both seedlings and mature individuals).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2D5198E1B42355B9A4FEB3558B708BC5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Zhang, Zhongzheng;Zhang, Gexiang	Zhang, Zhongzheng, Zhang, Gexiang (2026): Descriptions of a new species, validation of a name, and elevation of a variety in Iris (Iridaceae) from China. PhytoKeys 271: 299-312, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.271.176663
90F3BC918940567BB881FD67BF6392C6.text	90F3BC918940567BB881FD67BF6392C6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Iris fujianensis X. X. Su	<div><p>Iris fujianensis X. X. Su</p><p>Invalid synonym.</p><p>Iris fujianensis X. X. Su in J. Fujian For. Sci. Technol. 51 (3): 101–103. 2024 — invalid name (Art. 8.2, 40.1 of ICN); holotype not indicated; 2 gatherings included.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Iris fujianensis is morphologically similar to I. speculatrix, but differs by having longer and wider leaves (20–80 × 1.4–2.6 cm vs. 15–30 × 0.6–1.2 cm), shorter pedicels (1–2 cm vs. 3–5.5 cm), and solitary flowers with a larger diameter (10–12 cm vs. 5.6–6 cm).</p><p>Type.</p><p>China • Fujian Province, Jian’ou City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=118.278366&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.869" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 118.278366/lat 26.869)">Yushan</a>, located on both sides of the damp mountain stream. 326 m, 26°52'08.4"N 118°16'42.1"E, 4 May 2022 (fr), X. X. Su SXX 0077 (holotype: CSH!) (lectotype, designated here) . Same locality as for holotype, 11, April, 2023 (fl), X. X. Su XY 02916 (paratype: CSH!) .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Perennial herb, base with fibrous remnants of old leaf sheaths. Rhizome stout, yellowish-brown, 1–1.5 cm in diam. Leaves deep green, broadly ensiform, 20–80 × 1.4–2.6 cm, with several inconspicuous longitudinal veins, apex acuminate, base sheathing. Flowering stem 10–25 cm tall, erect, simple, bearing 3–5 reduced leaves at base; bracts 2, green, herbaceous, margin membranous, lanceolate, 7–8 × 1.5–2.5 cm, apex long-acuminate. Inflorescence with a single flower. Flowers pale blue, 10–12 cm in diam; pedicel 1–2 cm long; perianth tube funnelform, ca. 1 cm long; sepals spreading, spatulate, ca. 8 × 2–2.5 cm, white with blue stripes, apex obtuse, claw cuneate, bearing a prominent yellow crested appendage; petals long-spatulate, 7–8 × ca. 2 cm, spreading, upper part pale blue, lower part white with blue stripes; stamens ca. 3.5 cm long; anthers white, subequal to filament; style branches flat, pale blue, ca. 6.5 cm long, apical lobes deltoid, margin incised; ovary ca. 1.8–2 cm long. Capsule trigonous-ellipsoid, 4–6 × 2–2.5 cm. Capsule trigonous-ellipsoid, 4–6 × 2–2.5 cm, with a slender, pointed beak at the apex, pedicel not curved after flowering. Seeds irregularly polyhedral, ca. 3 mm in diam., with transparent appendages. Flowering April, fruiting May – August.</p><p>Distribution and habitat.</p><p>This species is currently known only from the type locality on Yushan in Jian’ou City, Fujian Province, China. It grows on shaded, damp slopes along mountain streams (Fig. 3).</p><p>Other specimens examined.</p><p>Same locality as for holotype, 11 April 2023 (fl), XY 02917 (NAS!)</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Iris fujianensis was not validly published as a holotype was not designated and the material comprised 2 separate gatherings. To validate the name, we designate a specimen from the material cited by Su (2024) as a lectotype (serving here as the holotype). Concurrently, the description and diagnosis provided by Su (2024) were compiled as above.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/90F3BC918940567BB881FD67BF6392C6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Zhang, Zhongzheng;Zhang, Gexiang	Zhang, Zhongzheng, Zhang, Gexiang (2026): Descriptions of a new species, validation of a name, and elevation of a variety in Iris (Iridaceae) from China. PhytoKeys 271: 299-312, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.271.176663
F85E09A03EA7543FBC91FA0D28B3FFFD.text	F85E09A03EA7543FBC91FA0D28B3FFFD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Iris valida (S. S. Chien) Z. Z. Zhang, H. T. Li & T. Y. Zuo 2026	<div><p>Iris valida (S. S. Chien) Z. Z. Zhang, H. T. Li &amp; T. Y. Zuo comb. et stat. nov.</p><p>Basionym.</p><p>Iris pseudorossii var. valida S. S. Chien, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 6: 74. 1931.</p><p>Type.</p><p>China • Chekiang [Zhejiang] Province, W. Tien-mu-shan, under woods. 18, April 1931, W. C. Cheng 2361 (holotype: location unknown) · E. tien-mu-shan, on open slopes and roadsides, 14 April 1931 W. C. Cheng 2246 (paratypes: PE 00034036, IBSC 0628903)</p><p>Homotypic synonyms.</p><p>Iris proantha var. valida (S. S. Chien) Y. T. Zhao, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20 (1): 100. 1982. Zhaoanthus proanthus var. validus (S. S. Chien) M. B. Crespo, Mart. - Azorín &amp; Mavrodiev, Phytotaxa 232 (1): 60. 2015.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F85E09A03EA7543FBC91FA0D28B3FFFD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Zhang, Zhongzheng;Zhang, Gexiang	Zhang, Zhongzheng, Zhang, Gexiang (2026): Descriptions of a new species, validation of a name, and elevation of a variety in Iris (Iridaceae) from China. PhytoKeys 271: 299-312, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.271.176663
