Iris versicolor

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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Hybrids

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I. × sancti-cyri

Distribution

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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

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Primary references

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Additional references

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

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