Iris

Synonymy

Iris Tourn. ex L., Sp. Pl.: 38. 1753

=Hermodactylus Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: s.p. 1754

=Xiphion Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: s.p. 1754

=Belamcanda Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 60. 1763, nom. cons.

=Beverna Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 20. 1763

=Chamoletta Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 60. 1763

=Gemmingia Heist. ex Fabr., Enum., ed. 2: 27. 1763

=Iriastrum Heist. ex Fabr., Enum., ed. 2: 34. 1763

=Xuris Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 546. 1763

=Chamaeiris Medik. in Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 417. 1790

=Gattenhofia Medik. in Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 418. 1790

=Pseudo-iris Medik. in Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 417. 1790

=Xeris Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 1: 256. 1791

=Pardanthus Ker Gawl. in Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 246. 1804

=Evansia Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 303. 1812

=Thelysia Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 303. 1812

=Juno Tratt., Auswahl Gartenpflanzen 1: 135. 1821

=Oncocyclus Siemssen in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 4: 706. 1846

=Limnirion Opiz, Seznam: 59. 1852

=Costia Willk. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 18: 131. 1860

=Coresantha Alef. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 298. 1863

=Neubeckia Alef. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 290. 1863

=Limniris Fuss, Fl. Transsilv.: 636. 1866

=Spathula Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2, 17: 163. 1869

=Xyridion Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2, 17: 163. 1869

=Joniris (Spach) Klatt in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 30: 502. 1872

=Cryptobasis Nevski in Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 331. 1937

=Sclerosiphon Nevski in Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 331. 1937

=Iridodictyum Rodion., Rod Iris-Iris: 201. 1961

=Siphonostylis Wern. Schulze in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 112: 331. 1965

=Junopsis Wern. Schulze in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 117: 327. 1970

=Pardanthopsis (Hance) L. W. Lenz in Aliso 7: 403. 1972

=Alatavia Rodion. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 84(7): 103. 1999

=Ophioiris (Y. T. Zhao) Rodion. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 89: 1359. 2004

=Eremiris (Spach) Rodion. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 91: 1707. 2006

=Xyphion Medik. in Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 418. 1790

=Ioniris Baker in Gard. Chron., ser. 2, 6: 143. 1876

Content

Distribution

AE(G) Ag Al Ar Au Az Be Bl Br Bt Bu By Cm Co Cr Cz Da Fa Fe Ga Ge Gr Hb He Ho Hs Hu IJ It Ju Le Li Lu Ma Md Mo No Po Rf(C CS E N NW S) Rm Sa Si Sn Su Tn Tu(A E) Uk [Ca Cy]

Euro+Med: Albania native ‒ nativeA; Algeria native ‒ nativeA; Armenia native; Austria, with Liechtenstein native ‒ nativeA; Azores native ‒ nativeA; Baleares native ‒ nativeA; Baltic states, with Kaliningrad region native ‒ nativeA; Belarus native ‒ nativeA; Belgium, with Luxembourg native ‒ nativeA; Bulgaria native ‒ nativeA; Canary islands introduced ‒ introducedA; Corsica native ‒ nativeA; Crete, with Karpathos native ‒ nativeA; Crimea native ‒ nativeA; Cyprus introduced ‒ introducedA; Denmark native ‒ nativeA; East Aegean islands (Greek East Aegean islands native ‒ nativeA); Faroe islands native ‒ nativeA; Finland native ‒ nativeA; Former Czechoslovakia native ‒ nativeA; Former Yugoslavia native ‒ nativeA; France, with Channel is. and Monaco native ‒ nativeA; Germany native ‒ nativeA; Great Britain native ‒ nativeA; Greece native ‒ nativeA; Hungary native ‒ nativeA; Ireland, with N Ireland native ‒ nativeA; Israel/Palestine-Jordan native ‒ nativeA; Italy, with San Marino and Vatican City native ‒ nativeA; Lebanon native; Lebanon-Syria native ‒ nativeA; Libya native ‒ nativeA; Madeira archipelago native ‒ nativeA; Moldova native; Morocco native ‒ nativeA; Netherlands native ‒ nativeA; Norway native ‒ nativeA; Poland native ‒ nativeA; Portugal native ‒ nativeA; Romania native ‒ nativeA; Russia (C European Russia native ‒ nativeA, E European Russia native ‒ nativeA, N European Russia native ‒ nativeA, NW European Russia native ‒ nativeA, North Caucasus native ‒ nativeA, S European Russia native ‒ nativeA); Sardinia native ‒ nativeA; Sicily, with Malta native ‒ nativeA; Sinai native ‒ nativeA; South Caucasus native ‒ nativeA; Spain, with Gibraltar and Andorra native ‒ nativeA; Sweden native ‒ nativeA; Switzerland native ‒ nativeA; Tunisia native ‒ nativeA; Turkey (Turkey, Asiatic part native ‒ nativeA, Turkey-in-Europe native ‒ nativeA); Ukraine native ‒ nativeA

Common Names

Finnish (Finland): (perho)kurjenmiekatB; Swedish (Sweden & Finland): irisarB

Bibliography

A. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

B. Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS