Iris spuria

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Iris spuria
Iris spuria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Iridaceae Genus: Iris Subgenus: Iris subg. Limniris Section: I. sect. Limniris Species: I. spuria
Binomial name
Iris spuria L.

Subgenus:

Iris spuria is a species of the genus Iris, part of a subgenus series known as Limniris. The slender and elogated leaves surround a purple flower. It is a beardless form, sometimes known as the blue iris.

The species is widely cultivated and hybridized for use in the garden. It is found in Europe, Asia and Africa. It was first described in 1753 by Linnaeus, who described it in the Species Plantarum as being German.

[edit] References

• Taxon: Iris spuria L.. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). USDA. Retrieved on 2007-07-30. “Common names: blue iris”
• Spuria Iris Society ,. , a section of the. Retrieved on 2007-07-29. “a section of the American Iris Society, was organized in 1952.”
• Iris spuria. The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project. Natural History Museum. Retrieved on 2007-07-29. “"Habitat in Germaniae pratis."”
• Iris spuria L.. Linnean herbarium (S-LINN). Swedish Museum of Natural History. Retrieved on 2007-07-29. “"Habitat in Germaniae pratis."”
• Iris spuria. Plant Name Details. IPNI. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.

[edit] Gallery

Iris spuria Illustration in: Jakob Sturm: "Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen", Stuttgart (1796)

Illustration from William Curtis's. The Botanical Magazine (V. 2), in 1790.

[edit] External links

• Spuria iris homepage