- Family:
- Iridaceae Juss.
Iris Tourn. ex L.

Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malaya, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Cook Is., Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Leeward Is., New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Puerto Rico, Réunion, South Australia, Tasmania, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Victoria, Western Australia, Windward Is.
- Iris acutiloba C.A.Mey.
- Iris adriatica Trinajstic ex Mitic
- Iris afghanica Wendelbo
- Iris aitchisonii (Baker) Boiss.
- Iris alberti Regel
- Iris albomarginata R.C.Foster
- Iris alexeenkoi Grossh.
- Iris almaatensis Pavlov
- Iris anguifuga Y.T.Zhao & X.J.Xue
- Iris antilibanotica Dinsm.
- Iris aphylla L.
- Iris arenaria Waldst. & Kit.
- Iris assadiana Chaudhary, G.Kirkw. & C.Weymouth
- Iris atrofusca Baker
- Iris atropurpurea Baker
- Iris aucheri (Baker) Sealy
- Iris auranitica Dinsm.
- Iris austrotschatkalica Tojibaev, F.Karimov & Turgunov
- Iris avromanica Ruk?ns
- Iris baldshuanica O.Fedtsch.
- Iris barbatula Noltie & K.Y.Guan
- Iris barnumiae Foster & Baker
- Iris basaltica Dinsm.
- Iris benacensis A.Kern. ex Stapf
- Iris bicapitata Colas.
- Iris × binata Schur
- Iris bismarckiana E.Dammann & Sprenger
- Iris bloudowii Ledeb.
- Iris boissieri Henriq.
- Iris bostrensis Mouterde
- Iris bracteata S.Watson
- Iris brevicaulis Raf.
- Iris × brzhezitzky Grossh.
- Iris bucharica Foster
- Iris bulleyana Dykes
- Iris bungei Maxim.
- Iris cabulica Gilli
- Iris × caeciliae Grossh.
- Iris calabra (N.Terracc.) Peruzzi
- Iris camillae Grossh.
- Iris capnoides (Vved.) T.Hall & Seisums
- Iris carterorum B.Mathew & Wendelbo
- Iris cathayensis Migo
- Iris caucasica M.Bieb.
- Iris cedreti Dinsm. ex Chaudhary
- Iris celikii Akpulat & K.I.Chr.
- Iris chrysographes Dykes
- Iris chrysophylla Howell
- Iris clarkei Baker ex Hook.f.
- Iris colchica Kem.-Nath.
- Iris collettii Hook.f.
- Iris confusa Sealy
- Iris cristata Aiton
- Iris crocea Jacquem. ex R.C.Foster
- Iris cuniculiformis Noltie & K.Y.Guan
- Iris curvifolia Y.T.Zhao
- Iris cycloglossa Wendelbo
- Iris dabashanensis C.A.Wilson
- Iris damascena Mouterde
- Iris danfordiae (Baker) Boiss.
- Iris darwasica Regel
- Iris decora Wall.
- Iris delavayi Micheli
- Iris dichotoma Pall.
- Iris doabensis B.Mathew
- Iris dolichosiphon Noltie
- Iris domestica (L.) Goldblatt & Mabb.
- Iris douglasiana Herb.
- Iris drepanophylla Aitch. & Baker
- Iris edomensis Sealy
- Iris ensata Thunb.
- Iris farashae Güner
- Iris farreri Dykes
- Iris ferdowsii Joharchi & Memariani
- Iris fernaldii R.C.Foster
- Iris filifolia Boiss.
- Iris × flexicaulis Small
- Iris florentina L.
- Iris foetidissima L.
- Iris formosana Ohwi
- Iris forrestii Dykes
- Iris fosteriana Aitch. & Baker
- Iris fulva Ker Gawl.
- Iris × fulvala Dykes
- Iris furcata M.Bieb.
- Iris furseorum T.Hall & Seisums
- Iris galatica W.Irving
- Iris gatesii Foster
- Iris × germanica L.
- Iris giganticaerulea Small
- Iris glaucescens Bunge
- Iris goniocarpa Baker
- Iris gracilipes A.Gray
- Iris graeberiana Sealy
- Iris graminea L.
- Iris grant-duffii Baker
- Iris griffithii Baker
- Iris grossheimii Woronow ex Grossh.
- Iris halophila Pall.
- Iris hartwegii Baker
- Iris haussknechtii Bornm. ex Baker
- Iris haynei Baker
- Iris hellenica Mermygkas
- Iris henryi Baker
- Iris heracleana (J.Mart.Rodr. & M.B.Crespo) Fennane
- Iris hermona Dinsm.
- Iris heweri Grey-Wilson & B.Mathew
- Iris hexagona Walter
- Iris hippolyti (Vved.) Kamelin
- Iris histrio Rchb.f.
- Iris histrioides (G.F.Wilson) S.Arn.
- Iris hoogiana Dykes
- Iris hookeri Penny ex G.Don
- Iris hookeriana Foster
- Iris humilis Georgi
- Iris hymenospatha B.Mathew & Wendelbo
- Iris iberica Steven
- Iris imbricata Lindl.
- Iris inconspicua (Vved.) T.Hall & Seisums
- Iris innominata L.F.Hend.
- Iris ivanovae Doronkin
- Iris jacquinii (Schrank) ined.
- Iris japonica Thunb.
- Iris juncea Poir.
- Iris junonia Schott
- Iris kamelinii Alexeeva
- Iris kashmiriana Baker
- Iris kemaonensis Wall. ex D.Don
- Iris × ketzkhovelii G.N.Matveev
- Iris khassanovii Tojibaev & Turginov
- Iris kirkwoodiae Chaudhary
- Iris × kobasensis Prodan
- Iris kobayashii Kitag.
- Iris × koenigii Sosn.
- Iris kolpakowskiana Regel
- Iris kopetdagensis (Vved.) B.Mathew & Wendelbo
- Iris koreana Nakai
- Iris korolkowii Regel
- Iris koyuncui Firat
- Iris kurbanovii F.O.Khass. & Rakhimova
- Iris kurdica (Ruk?ns) Ruk?ns
- Iris kuschakewiczii B.Fedtsch.
- Iris kuschkensis Grey-Wilson & B.Mathew
- Iris lactea Pall.
- Iris lacustris Nutt.
- Iris laevigata Fisch.
- Iris latistyla Y.T.Zhao
- Iris lazica Albov
- Iris leptophylla Lingelsh. ex H.Limpr.
- Iris leptorrhiza (Vved.) Vved.
- Iris lineata Foster ex Regel
- Iris linifolia (Regel) O.Fedtsch.
- Iris linifoliiformis (Khalk.) Tojibaev & Turginov
- Iris loczyi Kanitz
- Iris lokiae Alexeeva
- Iris longipetala Herb.
- Iris longiscapa Ledeb.
- Iris lortetii Barbey
- Iris ludwigii Maxim.
- Iris lutescens Lam.
- Iris lycotis Woronow
- Iris maackii Maxim.
- Iris macrosiphon Torr.
- Iris maculata Baker
- Iris magnifica Vved.
- Iris mandshurica Maxim.
- Iris maracandica (Vved.) Wendelbo
- Iris mariae Barbey
- Iris marivanica Ruk?ns
- Iris marsica I.Ricci & Colas.
- Iris masiae Leichtlin ex Dykes
- Iris meda Stapf
- Iris microglossa Wendelbo
- Iris milesii Baker ex Foster
- Iris minutoaurea Makino
- Iris missouriensis Nutt.
- Iris munzii R.C.Foster
- Iris mzchetica Rodion.
- Iris nantouensis S.S.Ying
- Iris narbutii O.Fedtsch.
- Iris narcissiflora Diels
- Iris narynensis O.Fedtsch.
- Iris nectarifera Güner
- Iris × nelsonii Randolph
- Iris neoensata Y.N.Lee
- Iris neosetosa Y.N.Lee
- Iris × neumayeri Janch. ex Holub
- Iris nezahatiae Güner & H.Duman
- Iris nicolai (Vved.) Vved.
- Iris nigricans Dinsm.
- Iris notha M.Bieb.
- Iris nusairiensis Mouterde
- Iris odaesanensis Y.N.Lee
- Iris odontostyla B.Mathew & Wendelbo
- Iris orchioides Carrière
- Iris orientalis Mill.
- Iris orjenii Bräuchler & Cikovac
- Iris oxypetala Bunge
- Iris palaestina (Baker) Barbey
- Iris pallida Lam.
- Iris pamphylica Hedge
- Iris paradoxa Steven
- Iris paropamisensis T.Hall & Seisums
- Iris perrieri Simonet ex N.Service
- Iris persica L.
- Iris peshmeniana Güner & T.Hall
- Iris petrana Dinsm.
- Iris petri F.O.Khass., Rakhimova & Achilova
- Iris planifolia (Mill.) T.Durand & Schinz
- Iris platyptera B.Mathew & Wendelbo
- Iris polakii Stapf
- Iris pontica Zapal.
- Iris popovii (Vved.) Vved.
- Iris porphyrochrysa Wendelbo
- Iris postii Mouterde
- Iris potaninii Maxim.
- Iris prismatica Pursh
- Iris proantha Diels
- Iris probstii C.A.Wilson
- Iris psammocola Y.T.Zhao
- Iris pseudacorus L.
- Iris pseudocapnoides Ruk?ns
- Iris pseudocaucasica Grossh.
- Iris pseudonotha Galushko
- Iris pseudopumila Tineo
- Iris pskemensis Ruk?ns
- Iris pumila L.
- Iris purdyi Eastw.
- Iris purpureobractea B.Mathew & T.Baytop
- Iris qinghainica Y.T.Zhao
- Iris ramsayi T.Hall & B.Mathew
- Iris regis-uzziae Feinbrun
- Iris reichenbachiana Klatt
- Iris reichenbachii Heuff.
- Iris relicta Colas.
- Iris reticulata M.Bieb.
- Iris revoluta Colas.
- Iris × robusta E.S.Anderson
- Iris rodionenkoi (Lazkov & Naumenko) T.Hall
- Iris rosenbachiana Regel
- Iris rossii Baker
- Iris rudolphii F.O.Khass., Esankulov & Achilova
- Iris ruthenica Ker Gawl.
- Iris rutherfordii J.Mart.Rodr., P.Vargas, Carine & Jury
- Iris sabina N.Terracc.
- Iris × sancti-cyri J.Rousseau
- Iris sanguinea Hornem.
- Iris sari Schott ex Baker
- Iris savannarum Small
- Iris scariosa Willd. ex Link
- Iris schachtii Markgr.
- Iris schelkownikowii (Fomin) Fomin
- Iris schmakovii Alexeeva
- Iris serotina Willk.
- Iris setina Colas.
- Iris setosa Pall. ex Link
- Iris × setosothungbergii H.Koidz. ex T.Shimizu
- Iris sibirica L.
- Iris × sinistra Sosn.
- Iris sintenisii Janka
- Iris sisianica Zubov & Bondarenko
- Iris songarica Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Iris sophenensis (Foster) B.Mathew & Güner
- Iris speculatrix Hance
- Iris sprengeri Siehe
- Iris spuria L.
- Iris staintonii H.Hara
- Iris statellae Tod.
- Iris stenophylla Hausskn. ex Baker
- Iris stocksii (Baker) Boiss.
- Iris stolonifera Maxim.
- Iris straussii Leichtlin ex Micheli
- Iris suaveolens Boiss. & Reut.
- Iris subdecolorata Vved.
- Iris subdichotoma Y.T.Zhao
- Iris susiana L.
- Iris svetlanae (Vved.) T.Hall & Seisums
- Iris swensoniana Chaudhary, G.Kirkw. & C.Weymouth
- Iris tadshikorum (Vved.) Vved.
- Iris taochia Woronow ex Grossh.
- Iris tarhunensis (Borzì & Mattei) Pamp.
- Iris tauri Siehe ex Mallett
- Iris tectorum Maxim.
- Iris tenax Douglas ex Lindl.
- Iris tenuifolia Pall.
- Iris tenuis S.Watson
- Iris tenuissima Dykes
- Iris × thompsonii R.C.Foster
- Iris tibetica (Dykes) Bolt.
- Iris tigridia Bunge ex Ledeb.
- Iris timofejewii Woronow
- Iris tingitana Boiss. & Reut.
- Iris tridentata Pursh
- Iris tschandalasica Urusov
- Iris tubergeniana Foster
- Iris tuberosa L.
- Iris typhifolia Kitag.
- Iris unguicularis Poir.
- Iris uniflora Pall. ex Link
- Iris urmiensis Jekyll & E.T.Cook
- Iris variegata L.
- Iris vartanii Foster
- Iris ventricosa Pall.
- Iris verna L.
- Iris versicolor L.
- Iris vicaria Vved.
- Iris victoris F.O.Khass., Khuzhan. & Rakhimova
- Iris × vinicolor Small
- Iris × violipurpurea Small
- Iris virginica L.
- Iris vorobievii N.S.Pavlova
- Iris vvedenskyi Nevski ex Woronow & Popov
- Iris wallisiae T.Hall & Seisums
- Iris warleyensis Foster
- Iris wattii Baker ex Hook.f.
- Iris wendelboi Grey-Wilson & B.Mathew
- Iris westii Dinsm.
- Iris willmottiana Foster
- Iris wilsonii C.H.Wright
- Iris winkleri Regel
- Iris winogradowii Fomin
- Iris xanthochlora Wendelbo
- Iris xanthospuria B.Mathew & T.Baytop
- Iris xiphium L.
- Iris yebrudii Dinsm. ex Chaudhary
- Iris yedisuensis Yild. & Kiliç
- Iris zagrica B.Mathew & Zarrei
- Iris zaprjagajevii (N.V.Abramov) T.Hall & Seisums
- Iris zetterlundii Ruk?ns
- Iris zhaoana M.B.Crespo, Alexeeva & Y.E.Xiao
- Alatavia Rodion.
- Belamcanda Adans.
- Belemcanda (Pers.) Nois.
- Beverna Adans.
- Biris Medik.
- Chamaeiris Medik.
- Chamoletta Adans.
- Coresantha Alef.
- Costia Willk.
- Cryptobasis Nevski
- Dielsiris M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev
- Eremiris (Spach) Rodion.
- Evansia Salisb.
- Gattenhofia Medik.
- Gemmingia Heist. ex Fabr.
- Hermodactylus Mill.
- Ioniris Baker
- Iriastrum Heist. ex Fabr.
- Iridodictyum Rodion.
- Joniris (Spach) Klatt
- Juno Tratt.
- Junopsis Wern.Schulze
- Limnirion Opiz
- Limniris (Tausch) Rchb.
- Lophiris (Tausch) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev
- Neubeckia Alef.
- Oncocyclus Siemssen
- Ophioiris (Y.T.Zhao) Rodion.
- × Pardancanda L.W.Lenz
- Pardanthopsis (Hance) L.W.Lenz
- Pardanthus Ker Gawl.
- Phaeiris (Spach) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev
- Pseudo-iris Medik.
- Rodionenkoa M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev
- Sclerosiphon Nevski
- Siphonostylis Wern.Schulze
- Spathula Fourr.
- Syrianthus M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev
- Tectiris M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev
- Thelysia Salisb.
- Xeris Medik.
- Xiphion Mill.
- Xuris Adans.
- Xyphion Medik.
- Xyridion (Tausch) Fourr.
- Zhaoanthus M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev
Iris Tourn. ex L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 38 (1753)
Accepted by
- Alexeyeva, N. (2008). Genus Iris L. (Iridaceae) in the Russia Turczaninowia 11(2): 5-68.
- Cooke, D.A. (1986). Flora of Australia 46: i-xii, 1-247. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- Innes, C. (1985). The World of Iridaceae: 1-407. Holly Gare International Ltd., Ashington.
- Yutang, Z., Noltie, H.J. & Mathew, B. (2000). Flora of China 24: 297-313. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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