Iris giganticaerulea

Iris giganticaerulea

Iris giganticaerulea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Iridoideae
Tribus: Irideae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: I. subg. Limniris
Sectio: I. sect. Limniris
Series: Iris ser. Hexagonae
Species: Iris giganticaerulea

Name

Iris giganticaerulea Small, 1929

Hybrids

• I. × flexicaulis – I. × vinicolor – I. × violipurpurea
  

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Iris hexagona var. giganticaerulea (Small) R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 119: 50 (1937).
  • Limniris giganticaerulea (Small) Rodion., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 92: 553 (2007).
  • Phaeiris giganticaerulea (Small) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev, Phytotaxa 232: 59 (2015).
• Heterotypic
  • Iris miraculosa Small, Addisonia 14: 9 (1929).
  • Iris aurilinea Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 353 (1931).
  • Iris citricristata Small, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 353 (1931).
  • Iris elephantina Small, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 352 (1931).
  • Iris fluviatilis Small, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 353 (1931).
  • Iris venulosa Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 352 (1931).
  • Iris wherryana Small, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 353 (1931).
  • Iris giganticaerulea f. miraculosa (Small) N.C.Hend., Bull. Amer. Iris Soc. 293: 80 (1994), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Small, J.K., 1929. Addisonia; Colored Illustrations and Popular Descriptions of Plants. New York, NY 14:5.

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Iris giganticaerulea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Iris giganticaerulea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Iris giganticaerulea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Feb 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Iris giganticaerulea. Published online. Accessed: Feb 11 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Iris giganticaerulea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 Feb 11.

Vernacular names

English: giant blue iris

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