List of Iris species

Subgenus Iris

Stool Iris (Iris aphylla) flower. Note prominent white "beard".

Iris reichenbachii

Iris tigridia from Russia

Bearded rhizomatous irises

Section Iris

Iris adriatica Trinajstic ex Mitic Iris albertii Reg. Iris albicans – White Cemetery Iris, White Flag Iris Iris alexeenkoi Grossh. Iris aphylla L. – Stool Iris, Table Iris and leafless Iris (including I. nudicaulis) Iris aphylla subsp. hungarica (Waldst. & Kit.) Helgi Iris attica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Hayek Iris benacensis A.Kern. ex Stapf Iris bicapitata Colas Iris croatica – Perunika I.Horvat & M.D.Horvat Iris cypriana Foster & Baker Iris flavescens Delile – Lemon-yellow Iris (= I. variegata?) Iris furcata Bieb. – Forked Iris Iris × germanica L. – German Iris (includes I. × barbata) Iris × germanica nothovar. florentina Dykes Iris glaucescens Bunge Iris griffithii Baker Iris hellenica Dionysios Mermygkas, Kit Tan & Artemios Yannitsaros Iris imbricata Lindl. Iris junonia Schott ex Kotschy Iris kashmiriana Baker Iris lutescens Lam. (including I. italica)

Iris marsica I.Ricci & Colas. Iris mesopotamica – Mesopotamian Iris Iris orjenii – Orjen Iris Bräuchler & Cikovac Iris pallida – Sweet Iris, Dalmatian Iris Lam. Iris pallida subsp. cengialti (Ambrosi ex A.Kern.) Foster Iris pallida subsp. illyrica (Iris illyrica) (Tomm. ex Vis.) K.Richt. Iris perrieri Simonet ex P.Fourn. Iris pseudopumila Tineo Iris pumila L. Iris purpureobractea B.Mathew & T.Baytop Iris relicta Colas. Iris reichenbachii Heuff. – Reichenbach's Iris Iris revoluta Colas. Iris sambucina L. Iris scariosa Willd. ex Link Iris schachtii Markgr. Iris setina Colas. Iris suaveolens Boiss. & Reut. (including I. iliensis) Iris subbiflora Brot. Iris taochia Woronow ex Grossh. Iris timofejewii Woronow Iris variegata L. – Hungarian Iris

Nazareth Iris, Iris bismarckiana

Iris arenaria (formerly Iris humilis subsp arenaria)

Section Oncocyclus Iris acutiloba C.A.Mey. (including I. ewbankiana) Iris antilibanotica Dinsm. Iris assadiana Chaudhary, Kirkw. & C.Weymolauth Iris atrofusca Baker Iris atropurpurea Baker Iris auranitica Dinsm. Iris barnumiae Baker & Foster Iris basaltica Dinsm. Iris bismarckiana Reg. – Nazareth Iris Iris bostrensis Mouterde Iris camillae Grossh. Iris cedreti Dinsm. ex Chaudhary Iris damascena Mouterde Iris gatesii Foster Iris grossheimii Woronow ex Grossh. Iris haynei Baker – Gilboa Iris Iris hermona Dinsm. – Hermon Iris Iris heylandiana Boiss. & Reut. Iris iberica Hoffm. Iris iberica subsp. elegantissima (Sosn.) Fed. & Takht. Iris iberica subsp. lycotis (Woronow) Takht. Iris kirkwoodii (including I. calcarea) Iris lortetii Barbey ex Boiss. Iris lortetii var. samariae (Dinsm.) Feinbrun Iris mariae Barbey. Iris meda Stapf Iris nigricans Dinsm. Iris nectarifera Güner Iris paradoxa Steven Iris petrana Dinsm. Iris sari Schott ex Bak. Iris schelkownikowii Fomin Iris sofarana Foster Iris sprengeri Siehe Iris susiana L. – Mourning Iris Iris swensoniana Chaudhary, G.Kirkw. & C.Weymouth Iris westii Dinsm. Iris yebrudii Dinsm. ex Chaudhary

Section Hexapogon Iris falcifolia Bunge Iris longiscapa Ledeb. Section Psammiris Iris arenaria Waldst. & Kit. Iris bloudowii Ledeb. Iris curvifolia Y.T.Zhao Iris humilis Georgi Iris kamelinii Alexeeva Iris mandshurica Maxim. Iris potaninii Maxim. Iris vorobievii N.S.Pavlova Section Pseudoregelia Iris cuniculiformis Noltie & K.Y.Guan Iris dolichosiphon Noltie Iris goniocarpa Bak. Iris hookeriana Fost. Iris ivanovae Doronkin Iris kemaonensis Wall. Iris leptophylla Lingelsheim Iris narcissiflora Diels. Iris sikkimensis Dykes Iris tigridia Bunge ex Ledeb. Section Regelia Iris afghanica Wendelbo Iris darwasicaRegel Iris heweri Grey-Wilson & Mathew Iris hoogiana Dykes Iris korolkowii Regel Iris kuschkensis Grey-Wilson & Mathew Iris lineata Foster ex Regel Iris stolonifera Maxim.

Subgenus Limniris

Beardless rhizomatous irises It has been generally divided into 2 sections, 'Limniris', which is further divided down to about 16 series and 'Lophiris' (also known as 'Evansias' or crested iris.[1]

Japanese Iris (Iris ensata) or hanashōbu, cv. 'Kumoinogan'

Iris graminea

Yellow-banded Iris, Iris orientalis

Blood Iris (Iris sanguinea) or ayame

Section Limniris (going in alphabetical order) Series Californicae Pacific Coast irises Iris bracteata – Siskiyou Iris Iris chrysophylla – Yellow-leaved Iris Iris douglasiana – Douglas Iris Iris fernaldii – Fernald's Iris Iris hartwegii – Hartweg's Iris, Rainbow Iris, Sierra Iris Iris innominata – Del Norte Iris Iris macrosiphon – Bowltube Iris Iris munzii – Munz's Iris, Tulare Lavender Iris Iris purdyi – Purdy's Iris Iris tenax – Tough-leaved Iris, Oregon Iris Iris tenuissima Dykes – (Long-tubed Iris) Series Chinenses (from east Asia) Iris henryi Baker Iris koreana Nakai Iris minutoaurea Makino Iris odaesanensis Y.N.Lee Iris proantha Diels Iris rossii Baker Iris speculatrix Hance Series Ensatae Iris lactea Pall. Series Foetidissimae Iris foetidissima L. – Stinking Iris, Gladwin Iris, Stinking Gladwin, Gladdon, Roast-beef Plant Series Hexagonae (known as the Louisiana irises) Iris brevicaulis Raf. – Zigzag Iris Iris fulva Ker-Gawl. – Copper Iris Iris giganticaerulea – Giant Blue Iris, Giant Blue Flag Iris hexagona Walt. – Dixie Iris Iris nelsonii Randolph – (Abbeville Iris) Iris savannarum Small – Prairie iris Series Laevigatae (which includes the Japanese irises) Iris ensata Thunb. – Japanese Iris, hanashōbu (Japanese) (including I. kaempferi) Iris laevigata Fisch – Rabbitear Iris, Shallow-flowered Iris, kakitsubata (Japanese) Iris maackii Maxim. Iris pseudacorus L. – Yellow Iris, Yellow Flag Iris versicolor L. – Larger Blue Flag, Harlequin Blueflag Iris virginica L. – Virginia Iris Series Longipetalae (Rocky Mountain or long-petaled iris) Iris longipetala Herb. – (Coast Iris) Iris missouriensis – Rocky Mountain Iris, Western Blue Flag Series Prismaticae (contains just one species from America) Iris prismaticaPursh ex Ker-Gawl. – (Slender Blue Flag) Series Ruthenicae Iris ruthenica Ker-Gawl. Iris uniflora Pall.

Series Sibiricae (Siberian irises) Iris bulleyana Dykes Iris chrysographes – Black Iris Iris clarkei Baker Iris delavayi Micheli Iris forrestii Dykes Iris sanguinea Hornem. ex Donn – Blood Iris, ayame (Japanese) Iris sibirica – Siberian Iris Iris typhifolia Kitag. Iris wilsonii C.H.Wright Series Spuriae Iris brandzae Prod. Iris crocea Jacquem. ex R.C.Foster (including I. aurea) Iris graminea L. Iris halophila Pall. Iris halophila var. sogdiana (Bunge) Grubov Iris kerneriana Asch. & Sint. Iris ludwigii Maxim. Iris notha M.Bieb. Iris orientalis Mill. – (Yellow-banded Iris) Iris pontica Zapal. Iris pseudonotha Galushko Iris sintenisii Janka Iris spuria – Blue Iris Iris spuria subsp. carthaliniae (Fomin) B.Mathew Iris spuria subsp. demetrii (Achv. & Mirzoeva) B.Mathew Iris spuria subsp. maritima (Dykes) P.Fourn. Iris spuria subsp. musulmanica (Fomin) Takht. Iris xanthospuria B.Mathew & T.Baytop Series Syriacae (species with swollen leaf bases and spiney bristles) Iris grant-duffii Baker Iris masia Foster Series Tenuifoliae (mostly semi-desert plants) Iris anguifuga Y.T.Zhao & X.J.Xue Iris bungei Maxim. Iris cathayensis Migo Iris farreri Dykes Iris kobayashii Kitag. Iris loczyi Kanitz Iris qinghainica Y.T.Zhao Iris songarica Schrenk Iris tenuifolia Pall. Iris ventricosa Pall. Series Tripetalae (mostly having three petals) Iris hookeri Penny – Hooker's Iris Iris setosa Pallas ex Link – (Beachhead Iris) Iris tridentata Pursh – Savanna Iris Series Unguiculares Iris lazica Albov Iris unguicularis Poir. Series Vernae (contains just one species from America) Iris verna L. – Dwarf Violet Iris

Iris wattii

Section Lophiris

• Iris confusa – Bamboo Iris
• Iris cristata – Crested Iris
• Iris formosana Ohwi
• Iris henryi A.Gray
• Iris japonica Thunb.
• Iris lacustris – Dwarf Lake Iris
• Iris latistyla Y.T.Zhao
• Iris milesii Foster
  

  Iris milesii
• Iris speculatrix Hance
• Iris subdichotoma Y.T.Zhao
• Iris tectorum Maxim. – (Wall Iris)
• Iris tenuis S.Wats. – (Clackamas Iris)
• Iris wattii Baker ex Hook.f.

Section Unguiculares

• Iris lazica Albov
• Iris unguicularis Poiret

Unplaced hybrids

• Iris thompsonii R.C.Foster – (Thompson's Iris) (formerly in I. innominata)
• Iris × robusta E.Anderson. – (Robust Iris) (I. versicolor × I. Virginica)
• Iris × sancti-cyriJ.Rousseau – (Saint-Cyr iris) (I. hookeri × I. versicolor)

Subgenus Xiphium

Smooth-bulbed bulbous irises. Formerly genus Xiphion.

Yellow Spanish Iris, Iris xiphium var. lusitanica

Section Xiphium

• Iris boissieri Henriq
• Iris filifolia Boiss.
• Iris juncea Poir.
• Iris latifolia – English Iris
• Iris lusitanica Ker Gawl.
• Iris rutherfordii M Rodriguez,P Vargas,M Carine and S Jury
• Iris serotina Willk. in Willk. & Lange
• Iris tingitana Boiss. & Reut. – (Morocco Iris)
• Iris xiphium syn. Iris x hollandica[2] – Spanish Iris, Dutch Iris, Small Bulbous-rooted Iris

Subgenus Nepalensis

Bulbous irises. Formerly genus Junopsis.

Section Nepalensis

• Iris collettii Hook.
• Iris decora Wall.
• Iris staintonii H Hara
• Iris barbatula Noltie & Guan

Subgenus Scorpiris

Smooth-bulbed bulbous irises known as "junos". Formerly genus Juno.

Iris palaestina

Iris regis-uzziae in Israel

Section Scorpiris

Iris albomarginata R.C.Foster Iris aucheri (Baker) Sealy (including I. sindjarensis) Iris bucharica Foster Iris caucasica Hoffm. Iris cycloglossa Wendelbo Iris drepanophylla Aitch. & Baker Iris fosteriana Aitch. & Baker Iris graeberiana Sealy Iris kuschakewicziiB.Fedtsch Iris magnifica Vved. Iris maracandica (Vved.) Wendelbo Iris narynensis O.Fedtsch. Iris narbutii O.Fedtsch. Iris orchioides Carriere

Iris palaestina (Bak.) Boiss. Iris persica L. Iris planifolia (Mill.) Fiori & Paol. Iris pseudocaucasica Grossh. Iris regis-uzziae Feinbrun Iris rosenbachiana Reg. Iris stenophylla Hausskn ex Baker Iris tubergeniana Foster (Vved) Iris vicaria Vved. Iris warleyensis Foster Iris willmottiana Foster Iris zaprjagajevii Abramov Iris zenaidae Botschant

See more species listed in 'Scorpiris' subgenus.

Subgenus Hermodactyloides

Iris reticulata

Reticulate-bulbed bulbous irises. Formerly genus Iridodictyum.

Section Hermodactyloides

• Iris danfordiae (Baker) Boiss.
• Iris histrio Rchb.f.
• Iris histrioides (G.F.Wilson) S.Arn.
• Iris hyrcana Woronow ex Grossh
• Iris kolpakowskiana Regel
• Iris pamphylica Hedge
• Iris pskemensis Ruskans
• Iris reticulata M Bieb. (includes Iris reticulata var. bakeriana Mathew and Wendelbo)
• Iris tuberosa L.
  • formerly Hermodactylus tuberosus
• Iris vartanii Foster
• Iris winkleri Regel
• Iris winogradowii Fomin

Others

• Iris dichotoma Pall. (Vesper iris) (? formerly Pardanthopsis)
• Iris domestica (commonly known as blackberry lily, was once Belamcanda chinensis, but since 2005 now known as Iris domestica)[3]

References

1. Stebbings, Geoff (1997). The Gardener's Guide to Growing Irises. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. pp. 16–18. ISBN 0715305395.
2. "Iris hollandica". Uniprot. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
3. "Belamcanda". pacificbulbsociety.org. Retrieved 16 December 2014.