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Iris

The genus Iris is in the family Iridaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Iris

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Iris acutiloba C.A.Mey. Accepted H iPlants
Iris adriatica Trinajstic ex Mitic Accepted H iPlants
Iris afghanica Wendelbo Accepted H iPlants
Iris aitchisonii (Baker) Boiss. Accepted H iPlants
Iris alberti Regel Accepted H iPlants
Iris albicans Lange Accepted H iPlants
Iris albomarginata R.C.Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris alexeenkoi Grossh. Accepted H iPlants
Iris almaatensis Pavlov Accepted H iPlants
Iris anguifuga Y.T.Zhao & X.J.Xue Accepted H iPlants
Iris antilibanotica Dinsm. Accepted H iPlants
Iris aphylla L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris assadiana Chaudhary, G.Kirkw. & C.Weymouth Accepted H iPlants
Iris atrofusca Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris atropatana Grossh. Accepted H iPlants
Iris atropurpurea Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris aucheri (Baker) Sealy Accepted H iPlants
Iris auranitica Dinsm. Accepted H iPlants
Iris baldshuanica O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch. Accepted H iPlants
Iris barbatula Noltie & K.Y.Guan Accepted H iPlants
Iris barnumiae Foster & Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris basaltica Dinsm. Accepted H iPlants
Iris × binata Schur Accepted H iPlants
Iris bismarckiana Damman & Sprenger Accepted H iPlants
Iris bloudowii Ledeb. Accepted H iPlants
Iris boissieri Henriq. Accepted H iPlants
Iris bostrensis Mouterde Accepted H iPlants
Iris bracteata S.Watson Accepted H iPlants
Iris brandzae Prod. Accepted M TRO
Iris brevicaulis Raf. Accepted H iPlants
Iris × brzhezitzky Grossh. Accepted H iPlants
Iris bucharica Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris bulleyana Dykes Accepted H iPlants
Iris bungei Maxim. Accepted H iPlants
Iris cabulica Gilli Accepted H iPlants
Iris × caeciliae Grossh. Accepted H iPlants
Iris camillae Grossh. Accepted H iPlants
Iris capnoides (Vved.) ined. Accepted H iPlants
Iris carterorum B.Mathew & Wendelbo Accepted H iPlants
Iris cathayensis Migo Accepted H iPlants
Iris caucasica Hoffm. Accepted H iPlants
Iris cedreti Dinsm. ex Chaudhary Accepted H iPlants
Iris celikii Akpulat & K.I.Chr. Accepted H iPlants
Iris chrysographes Dykes Accepted H iPlants
Iris chrysophylla Howell Accepted H iPlants
Iris clarkei Baker ex Hook.f. Accepted H iPlants
Iris colchica Kem.-Nath. Accepted H iPlants
Iris collettii Hook.f. Accepted H iPlants
Iris confusa Sealy Accepted H iPlants
Iris cristata Aiton Accepted H iPlants
Iris crocea Jacquem. ex R.C.Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris cuniculiformis Noltie & K.Y.Guan Accepted H iPlants
Iris curvifolia Y.T.Zhao Accepted H iPlants
Iris cycloglossa Wendelbo Accepted H iPlants
Iris damascena Mouterde Accepted H iPlants
Iris danfordiae (Baker) Boiss. Accepted H iPlants
Iris darwasica Regel Accepted H iPlants
Iris decora Wall. Accepted H iPlants
Iris delavayi Micheli Accepted H iPlants
Iris dichotoma Pall. Accepted H iPlants
Iris doabensis B.Mathew Accepted H iPlants
Iris dolichosiphon Noltie Accepted H iPlants
Iris domestica (L.) Goldblatt & Mabb. Accepted H iPlants
Iris douglasiana Herb. Accepted H iPlants
Iris drepanophylla Aitch. & Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris edomensis Sealy Accepted H iPlants
Iris ensata Thunb. Accepted H iPlants
Iris falcifolia Bunge Accepted H iPlants
Iris farreri Dykes Accepted H iPlants
Iris fernaldii R.C.Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris filifolia Boiss. Accepted H iPlants
Iris flavissima Pall. Accepted H iPlants
Iris × flexicaulis Small Accepted H iPlants
Iris foetidissima L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris formosana Ohwi Accepted H iPlants
Iris forrestii Dykes Accepted H iPlants
Iris fosteriana Aitch. & Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris fulva Ker Gawl. Accepted H iPlants
Iris × fulvala Dykes Accepted H iPlants
Iris galatica Siehe Accepted H iPlants
Iris gatesii Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris × germanica L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris giganticaerulea Small Accepted H iPlants
Iris glaucescens Bunge Accepted H iPlants
Iris goniocarpa Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris gracilipes A.Gray Accepted H iPlants
Iris graeberiana Sealy Accepted H iPlants
Iris graminea L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris grant-duffii Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris griffithii Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris grossheimii Woronow ex Grossh. Accepted H iPlants
Iris halophila Pall. Accepted H iPlants
Iris hartwegii Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris haynei Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris helena C. Koch Accepted M TRO
Iris henryi Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris hermona Dinsm. Accepted H iPlants
Iris heweri Grey-Wilson & B.Mathew Accepted H iPlants
Iris hexagona Walter Accepted H iPlants
Iris heylandiana Boiss. & Reut. Accepted H iPlants
Iris hippolyti (Vved.) Kamelin Accepted H iPlants
Iris histrio Rchb.f. Accepted H iPlants
Iris histrioides (G.F.Wilson) S.Arn. Accepted H iPlants
Iris hoogiana Dykes Accepted H iPlants
Iris hookeri Penny ex G.Don Accepted H iPlants
Iris hookeriana Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris humilis Georgi Accepted H iPlants
Iris hymenospatha B.Mathew & Wendelbo Accepted H iPlants
Iris iberica Steven Accepted H iPlants
Iris imbricata Lindl. Accepted H iPlants
Iris innominata L.F.Hend. Accepted H iPlants
Iris ivanovae Doronkin Accepted H iPlants
Iris japonica Thunb. Accepted H iPlants
Iris juncea Poir. Accepted H iPlants
Iris junonia Schott Accepted H iPlants
Iris kamelinii Alexeeva Accepted H iPlants
Iris kashmiriana Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris kemaonensis Wall. ex D.Don Accepted H iPlants
Iris kerneriana Asch. & Sint. ex Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris kirkwoodiae Chaudhary Accepted H iPlants
Iris × kobasensis Prodán Accepted H iPlants
Iris kobayashii Kitag. Accepted H iPlants
Iris × koenigii Sosn. Accepted H iPlants
Iris kolpakowskiana Regel Accepted H iPlants
Iris kopetdagensis (Vved.) B.Mathew & Wendelbo Accepted H iPlants
Iris koreana Nakai Accepted H iPlants
Iris korolkowii Regel Accepted H iPlants
Iris kuschakewiczii B.Fedtsch. Accepted H iPlants
Iris kuschkensis Grey-Wilson & B.Mathew Accepted H iPlants
Iris lactea Pall. Accepted H iPlants
Iris lacustris Nutt. Accepted H iPlants
Iris laevigata Fisch. Accepted H iPlants
Iris latifolia (Mill.) Voss Accepted H iPlants
Iris latistyla Y.T.Zhao Accepted H iPlants
Iris lazica Albov Accepted H iPlants
Iris leptophylla Lingelsh. ex H.Limpr. Accepted H iPlants
Iris leptorhiza (Vved.) Vved. Accepted H iPlants
Iris lineata Foster ex Regel Accepted H iPlants
Iris linifolia (Regel) O.Fedtsch. Accepted H iPlants
Iris loczyi Kanitz Accepted H iPlants
Iris longipetala Herb. Accepted H iPlants
Iris longiscapa Ledeb. Accepted H iPlants
Iris lortetii Barbey ex Boiss. Accepted H iPlants
Iris ludwigii Maxim. Accepted H iPlants
Iris lusitanica Ker Gawl. Accepted H iPlants
Iris lutescens Lam. Accepted H iPlants
Iris lycotis Woron. Accepted M TRO
Iris macrosiphon Torr. Accepted H iPlants
Iris magnifica Vved. Accepted H iPlants
Iris mandshurica Maxim. Accepted H iPlants
Iris maracandica (Vved.) Wendelbo Accepted H iPlants
Iris mariae Barbey Accepted H iPlants
Iris marsica I.Ricci & Colas. Accepted H iPlants
Iris masiae Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris meda Stapf Accepted H iPlants
Iris microglossa Wendelbo Accepted H iPlants
Iris milesii Baker ex Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris minutoaurea Makino Accepted H iPlants
Iris missouriensis Nutt. Accepted H iPlants
Iris munzii R.C.Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris mzchetica Rodion. Accepted H iPlants
Iris narbutii O.Fedtsch. Accepted H iPlants
Iris narcissiflora Diels Accepted H iPlants
Iris narynensis O.Fedtsch. Accepted H iPlants
Iris nectarifera Güner Accepted H iPlants
Iris × nelsonii Randolph Accepted H iPlants
Iris neoensata Y.N.Lee Accepted H iPlants
Iris neosetosa Y.N.Lee Accepted H iPlants
Iris × neumayeri Janch. ex Holub Accepted H iPlants
Iris nezahatiae Güner & H.Duman Accepted H iPlants
Iris nicolai (Vved.) Vved. Accepted H iPlants
Iris nigricans Dinsm. Accepted H iPlants
Iris nusairiensis Mouterde Accepted H iPlants
Iris odaesanensis Y.N.Lee Accepted H iPlants
Iris odontostyla B.Mathew & Wendelbo Accepted H iPlants
Iris orchioides Carrière Accepted H iPlants
Iris orientalis Mill. Accepted H iPlants
Iris orjenii Bräuchler & Cikovac Accepted H iPlants
Iris palaestina (Baker) Boiss. Accepted H iPlants
Iris pallasii Fisch. ex Trev. Accepted M TRO
Iris pallida Lam. Accepted H iPlants
Iris pamphylica Hedge Accepted H iPlants
Iris paradoxa Steven Accepted H iPlants
Iris parvula (Vved.) ined. Accepted H iPlants
Iris persica L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris petrana Dinsm. Accepted H iPlants
Iris planifolia (Mill.) Fiori & Paol. Accepted H iPlants
Iris platyptera B.Mathew & Wendelbo Accepted H iPlants
Iris pontica Zapal. Accepted H iPlants
Iris popovii (Vved.) Vved. Accepted H iPlants
Iris porphyrochrysa Wendelbo Accepted H iPlants
Iris postii Mouterde Accepted H iPlants
Iris potaninii Maxim. Accepted H iPlants
Iris prismatica Pursh Accepted H iPlants
Iris proantha Diels Accepted H iPlants
Iris psammocola Y.T.Zhao Accepted H iPlants
Iris pseudacorus L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris pseudocapnoides Rukšans Accepted H iPlants
Iris pseudocaucasica Grossh. Accepted H iPlants
Iris pseudonotha Galushko Accepted H iPlants
Iris pseudopumila Tineo Accepted H iPlants
Iris pskemensis Rukšans Accepted H iPlants
Iris pumila L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris purdyi Eastw. Accepted H iPlants
Iris purpureobractea B.Mathew & T.Baytop Accepted H iPlants
Iris qinghainica Y.T.Zhao Accepted H iPlants
Iris regis-uzziae Feinbrun Accepted H iPlants
Iris reichenbachii Heuff. Accepted H iPlants
Iris reticulata M.Bieb. Accepted H iPlants
Iris revoluta Colas. Accepted H iPlants
Iris × robusta E.S.Anderson Accepted H iPlants
Iris rosenbachiana Regel Accepted H iPlants
Iris rossii Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris ruthenica Ker Gawl. Accepted H iPlants
Iris × sancti-cyri J.Rousseau Accepted H iPlants
Iris sanguinea Donn ex Hornem. Accepted H iPlants
Iris sari Schott ex Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris savannarum Small Accepted H iPlants
Iris scariosa Willd. ex Link Accepted H iPlants
Iris schachtii Markgr. Accepted H iPlants
Iris schelkowinkowii (Fomin) Fomin Accepted H iPlants
Iris schischkinii Grossh. Accepted H iPlants
Iris serotina Willk. Accepted H iPlants
Iris setosa Pall. ex Link Accepted H iPlants
Iris × setosothungbergii H.Koidz. ex T.Shimizu Accepted H iPlants
Iris sibirica L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris sintenisii Janka Accepted H iPlants
Iris songarica Schrenk Accepted H iPlants
Iris speculatrix Hance Accepted H iPlants
Iris sprengeri Siehe Accepted H iPlants
Iris spuria L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris staintonii H.Hara Accepted H iPlants
Iris stenophylla Hausskn. ex Baker Accepted H iPlants
Iris stocksii (Baker) Boiss. Accepted H iPlants
Iris stolonifera Maxim. Accepted H iPlants
Iris suaveolens Boiss. & Reut. Accepted H iPlants
Iris subdecolorata Vved. Accepted H iPlants
Iris subdichotoma Y.T.Zhao Accepted H iPlants
Iris susiana L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris swensoniana Chaudhary, G.Kirkw. & C.Weymouth Accepted H iPlants
Iris tadshikorum (Vved.) Vved. Accepted L iPlants
Iris taochia Woronow ex Grossh. Accepted H iPlants
Iris tectorum Maxim. Accepted H iPlants
Iris tenax Douglas ex Lindl. Accepted H iPlants
Iris tenuifolia Pall. Accepted H iPlants
Iris tenuis S.Watson Accepted H iPlants
Iris tenuissima Dykes Accepted H iPlants
Iris × thompsonii R.C.Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris tigridia Bunge ex Ledeb. Accepted H iPlants
Iris timofejewii Woronow Accepted H iPlants
Iris tingitana Boiss. & Reut. Accepted H iPlants
Iris tridentata Pursh Accepted H iPlants
Iris tubergeniana Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris tuberosa L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris typhifolia Kitag. Accepted H iPlants
Iris unguicularis Poir. Accepted H iPlants
Iris uniflora Pall. ex Link Accepted H iPlants
Iris variegata L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris vartanii Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris ventricosa Pall. Accepted H iPlants
Iris verna L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris versicolor L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris vicaria Vved. Accepted H iPlants
Iris × vinicolor Small Accepted H iPlants
Iris × violipurpurea Small Accepted H iPlants
Iris virginica L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris vorobievii N.S.Pavlova Accepted H iPlants
Iris vvedenskyi Nevski Accepted H iPlants
Iris warleyensis Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris wattii Baker ex Hook.f. Accepted H iPlants
Iris wendelboi Grey-Wilson & B.Mathew Accepted H iPlants
Iris westii Dinsm. Accepted H iPlants
Iris willmottiana Foster Accepted H iPlants
Iris wilsonii C.H.Wright Accepted H iPlants
Iris winkleri Regel Accepted H iPlants
Iris winogradowii Fomin Accepted H iPlants
Iris xanthochlora Wendelbo Accepted H iPlants
Iris xanthospuria B.Mathew & T.Baytop Accepted H iPlants
Iris xiphium L. Accepted H iPlants
Iris yebrudii Dinsm. ex Chaudhary Accepted H iPlants

Statistics

The Plant List includes 941 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Iris. Of these 280 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 447 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Iris. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 941 species names for the genus Iris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 280 29.8%
◕ Synonym 597 63.4%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 64 6.8%

All names

The status of the 1,388 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Iris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 330 23.8%
◕ Synonym 993 71.5%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 65 4.7%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 941 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Iris, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 275 586 0 0 861 91.5%
Medium confidence 4 10 0 0 14 1.5%
Low confidence 1 1 0 64 66 7.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Iris, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
iPlants 276 587 48 0 0 911 96.8%
Tropicos 4 10 0 12 0 26 2.8%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.4%