familyIridaceae
genusIris
subgenusIris subg. Iris

Iris subg. Iris

Norlan C. Henderson
Common names: Bearded iris
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 375. Mentioned on page 372.

Sepals with signal of multicellular hairs (beard) [or papillae] along midrib of claw and base of limb. Seeds without [with] fleshy aril.

Distribution

Introduced; Eurasia.

Discussion

Species ca. 90 (3 in the flora).

The species of subg. Iris that are established in the flora outside cultivation all belong to sect. Iris.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Author
Norlan C. Henderson +
Authority
Linnaeus +
Common name
Bearded iris +
Distribution
Eurasia. +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Introduced
true +
Number of lower taxa
3 +
Publication title
Sp. Pl. +  and Gen. Pl. ed. +
Publication year
1753 +  and 1754 +
Reference
None +
Source xml
https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse grained fna xml/V26/V26 762.xml +
Taxon family
Iridaceae +
Taxon name
Iris subg. Iris +
Taxon parent
Iris +
Taxon rank
subgenus +
Volume
Volume 26 +