Distribution
Native to:
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
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Limniris versicolor (L.) Rodion. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 92: 552 (2007)
- Xiphion versicolor (L.) Alef. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 297 (1863)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Iris boltoniana Regel in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1860: 31 (1860), nom. illeg.
- Iris caurina Herb. ex Hook. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 206 (1839)
- Iris dierinckii K.Koch in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1853(App.): 17 (1853)
- Iris flaccida Spach in Hist. Nat. Vég. 13: 41 (1846)
- Iris picta Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 16 (1768)
- Iris pulchella Regel in Gartenflora 8: 310 (1859)
- Iris versicolor f. albocaerulea Rousseau in Canad. J. Res., Sect. C, Bot. Sci. 28(C): 241 (1952)
- Iris versicolor var. blandescens Nieuwl. in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 115 (1913)
- Iris versicolor var. communis Torr. in Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 36 (1824)
- Iris versicolor var. flaccida (Spach) Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 141 (1877)
- Iris versicolor f. murrayana Fernald in Rhodora 38: 52 (1936)
- Iris versicolor var. robusta Farw. in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 55 (1930)
- Iris versicolor var. sulcata Torr. in Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 35 (1824)
- Xiphion flaccidum (Spach) Alef. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 297 (1863)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Akhter, C. & al. (2013). A taxonomic appraisal of genus Iris L. (Iridaceae) in Kashmir himalaya, India. Iranian Journal of Botany 19: 119-126.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Innes, C. (1985). The World of Iridaceae: 1-407. Holly Gare International Ltd., Ashington.
- Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Akhter, C. & al. (2013). A taxonomic appraisal of genus Iris L. (Iridaceae) in Kashmir himalaya, India. Iranian Journal of Botany 19: 119-126.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips, S. [SP019] | 66797.000 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images