Iris haynei

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National floral emblem of Palestine.

The Gilboa Iris, or the Faqqua Iris (Iris haynei), is a plant species in the genus Iris, subgenus Iris and section Oncocyclus. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from the shrublands and mountainsides in Palestine, in Samaria. It is written in Hebrew by אירוס הגלבוע,[1] and in Arabic as سوسن فقوعة.[2][3][4] Within the Holy Land of the Arab entity of Palestine (Hashemi Republic) it is the designate National State flower of the Palestinian Nationalist State of Palestine[n 1].

It has the common name of 'Gilboa Iris'.[2][1][5] 'Mount Gilboa Iris'.[6][7][8] 'Iris of Mount Gilboa',[9] or 'Irus Ha-Gilboa'.[10][11] The Palestinian name is 'Sawsan Gilboa'.[4][12]

Culture[edit]

On 5 April 2016,[4] the Ministry of Environmental Affairs (Palestine) had adopted 'Sawsan Gilboa' (I. haynei) as the national plant of the State of Palestine, to go with the Olive tree (as the national tree), Palestine sunbird (national bird) and the 5th of March to be the national day for the Palestinian environment.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Danin
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  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "News Details : Gilboa Iris "national plant for Palestine" (in العربية). environment.pna.ps. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Rinat, Zafrir (25 May 2010). "Jewish National Fund Squaring Off Against Green Group Over Gilboa Iris". haaretz.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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  8. ↑ "Flora and Fauna of Palestine". Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  9. ↑ Zev Nave Transdisciplinary Challenges in Landscape Ecology and Restoration Ecology, an Anthology (2007), p. 148, at Google Books
  10. ↑ Blackhall-Miles, Robbie (12 May 2014). "Botanising Israel, an epic adventure of war and wildflowers, part 2". fossilplants.co.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Lees, Stephanie (4 October 2013). "Reasons to Tour Israel in the Spring". blog.giltravel.com. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Sawsan Gilboa rarely shines by Palestinian Mount Gilboa". asdapress.com. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "EQA: "Gilboa Iris" endemic in our land and our national right to prove it" (in العربية). wafa.ps. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.


Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ “The Official designated Nationalist State flower and Awarded floral emblem of the State of Palestine” respectively
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