Iris giganticaerulea

Iris giganticaerulea
Iris giganticaerulea

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

Iris giganticaerulea Small, 1929

Hybrids edit

Synonyms edit

  • 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 edit

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 edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

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

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: giant blue iris
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