Jānis Rukšāns

Jānis Rukšāns (born 1946), Latvian botanist and gardener.

Alias: Janis Ruksans

IPNI standard form: Rukšāns

Taxon names authored

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• 67 taxon names authored by Jānis Rukšāns

Publications

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• Rukšāns, J. 2010. Crocuses. A complete guide to the genus. Timber Press, Portland, London, 216 pp. ISBN 978-1-60469-106-1 Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2014. Crocus danfordiae Maw and C. chrysanthus (Herbert) Herbert (Iridaceae) and some of their allies in Turkey and Iran. International Rock Gardener 52: 2–23. PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2014. "Crocus brachyfilus I. Schneider - a new crocus species in series Speciosi B. Mathew": A comment. International Rock Gardener 52: 24–31. Full issue PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2014. Crocuses from “The Holy Mountain” of Athos, Greece. International Rock Gardener 59: 4–15. PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. & Zetterlund, H. 2014. An Iranian peony to honour Per Wendelbo. Alpine Gardener 82(2): 230–237. PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2015. The Genus Crocus (Iridaceae) in Iran - three new species from the so-called “Crocus biflorus” aggregate. International Rock Gardener 61: 2–26. PDF. Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2015. Some New Crocus Taxa (Iridaceae) from Western Turkey and East Aegean Islands. International Rock Gardener 64: 2–36. PDF. Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2016. Crocus duncanii (Iridaceae) - a new crocus species in series Carpetani from Portugal. International Rock Gardener 73: 2–14. PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2016. Some New Crocus Species. International Rock Gardener 76: 16–43. Full issue PDF. Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2017. The World of Crocuses. 568 pp. The Latvian Academy of Sciences, Riga. ISBN 978-9934-19-125-1. Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2017. Crocus inghamii Rukšāns – A New Crocus Species from NW Iran. International Rock Gardener 89: 3–18. PDF (full issue). Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2017. Two new Crocus species allied to Crocus nubigena from the Eastern Aegean Islands. International Rock Gardener 90: 14–28. Full issue PDF. Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2018. How to characterize a Crocus species? International Rock Gardener 99: [2]–[21]. PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. & Zetterlund, H. 2018. Crocus youngiorum - a new Crocus (Liliiflorae, Iridaceae) species from the Anatolian Diagonal. International Rock Gardener 102: 14–24. Full issue PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2018. Paeonia archibaldii - a new Peony species from Iran. International Rock Gardener 102: 3–13. Full issue PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2018. Anemone banketovii Rukšāns (Ranunculaceae) – a new windflower species from the Russian Caucasus. International Rock Gardener 107: 2–24. Full issue PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2018. Crocuses of series Kotschyani Mathew (Iridaceae) with a new species Crocus hatayensis Rukšāns from Hatay Province, Turkey. International Rock Gardener 108: 20–54. Full issue PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2019. Some geophytes from Berkara Gorge in Karatau Mountain Ridge (Kazakhstan) and Tulipa berkariensis Rukšāns species nova – an “old” new species of Tulipa (Liliaceae). International Rock Gardener 109: 26–39. Full issue PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2019. Fritillaria baisunensis Rukšāns species nova (Liliaceae). International Rock Gardener 114: 3–20. Full issue PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2019. Puschkinia kurdistanica (Asparagaceae) – a new species from the shores of Lake Van in Turkey. International Rock Gardener 116: 3–18. Full issue PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2020. Crocus harpkeae Rukšāns – a new Crocus species (Liliiflorae, Iridaceae) separated from the large complex of the so-called Crocus chrysanthus group. International Rock Gardener 125: 3–14. Full issue PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2021. Leopoldia archibaldii sp. nova (Asparagaceae): a new species of genus. Leopoldia Parl. from Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. International Rock Gardener 134: 3–19. Full issue PDF. Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2021. Three new Crocus (Iridaceae) species from Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. International Rock Gardener 144: 1-93. Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. & Zubov, D.A. 2021. Fritillaria kolbintsevii (subgen. Fritillaria; Liliaceae): a new fritillary species from Zhetysu area of south-eastern Kazakhstan. International Rock Gardener 141: 3–45. Full issue PDF Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. & Zubov, D.A. 2023. Four new Crocus species (Iridaceae) from Mainland Greece and Western Turkey. International Rock Gardener 162: 51. Reference page. 

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