Iris versicolor

Iris versicolor

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. Laevigatae
Species: Iris versicolor

Name

Iris versicolor L., Sp. Pl. 1: 39 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Limniris versicolor (L.) Rodion., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 92(4): 552 (2007).
  • Xiphion versicolor (L.) Alef., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 297 (1863).

• Heterotypic
  • Iris boltoniana Regel, Index Seminum [St.Petersburg (Petropolitanus)] 1860: 31 (1860), nom. illeg. non Schult. (1822).
  • Iris caurina Herb. ex Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 206 (1839).
  • Iris flaccida Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. (Spach) 13: 41 (1846).
  • Iris pulchella Regel, Gartenflora 1859: 310 (1859).
  • Iris versicolor f. albocaerulea Rousseau, Canad. J. Res. 28(C): 241 (1952).
  • Iris versicolor f. murrayana Fernald, Rhodora 38(445): 52 (1936).
  • Iris versicolor var. blandescens Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 115 (1913).
  • Iris versicolor var. communis Torr., Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 36 (1824).
  • Iris versicolor var. flaccida (Spach) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 141 (1877).
  • Iris versicolor var. shrevei (Small) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 94(4): 525 (1967).
  • Iris versicolor var. sulcata Torr., Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 35 (1824).
  • Xiphion flaccidum (Spach) Alef., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 297 (1863).

Homonyms

• Iris versicolor Thunb. = Iris laevigata Fisch.

Hybrids

• I. × robusta –

I. × sancti-cyri

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Connecticut, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin Introduced into: Great Britain, West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 39. Reference page. 

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 versicolor in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 20. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Iris versicolor. 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 20. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Iris versicolor. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Feb 2022. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Iris versicolor. Published online. Accessed: Feb 20 2022. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Iris versicolor in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Blaue Sumpf-Schwertlilie
• English: Harlequin Blueflag, Larger Blue Flag
• suomi: Kirjokurjenmiekka
• français: Iris versicolore

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