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Iris versicolor L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 39 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000784018.

Synonyms of Iris versicolor L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Iris boltoniana Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1860: 31 (1860) wfo-0000783148
Iris caurina Herb. ex Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 206 (1839) wfo-0000783192
Iris dierinckii K.Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1853(App.): 17 (1853) wfo-0000783270
Iris flaccida Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 13: 41 (1846) wfo-0000783329
Iris picta Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. : n.° 16 (1768) wfo-0000783724
Iris pulchella Regel Gartenflora 8: 310 (1859) wfo-0000783766
Iris versicolor f. albocaerulea Rousseau Canad. J. Res., Sect. C, Bot. Sci. 28(C): 241 (1952) wfo-0000784020
Iris versicolor var. blandescens Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 115 (1913) wfo-0000784021
Iris versicolor var. communis Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 36 (1824) wfo-0000784022
Iris versicolor var. flaccida (Spach) Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 141 (1877) wfo-0000784023
Iris versicolor f. murrayana Fernald Rhodora 38: 52 (1936) wfo-0000784024
Iris versicolor var. robusta Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 55 (1930) wfo-0000784025
Iris versicolor var. sulcata Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 35 (1824) wfo-0000784028
Xiphion flaccidum (Spach) Alef. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 297 (1863) wfo-0000787353
Xiphion versicolor (L.) Alef. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 297 (1863) wfo-0000787406
Limniris versicolor (L.) Rodion. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 92: 552 (2007) wfo-0000835982
Iris versicolor f. versicolor wfo-0001067289