Characteristics
Monocots
Iris virginica L.
VIRGINIA IRIS; BLUE FLAG IRIS
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Native
OBL (NWPL)
OBL (DEP)
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Citation
IRIS VIRGINICA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 39. 1753.
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VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 259 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Dykes, Genus Iris 80. 1913.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Baker
FLAS
Citrus
FSU
Clay
USF
Dixie
GH
Duval
FLAS
Franklin
FSU
Gadsden
FSU
Gulf
FSU
Hamilton
FLAS
Holmes
FSU
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Iris caroliniana
Iris caroliniana S. Watson, in A. Gray, Manual, ed. 6. 514. 1890.
Iris convoluta
Iris convoluta Rafinesque, New Fl. 2: 92. 1837.
Iris georgiana
Iris georgiana Britton, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 537. 1913, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Iris caroliniana S. Watson 1890.
Iris shrevei
Iris shrevei Small, Addisonia 12: 13, pl. 391. 1927.
TYPE: ARKANSAS:Washington Co.: Near Farmington,
Iris versicolor forma virginica
Iris versicolor Linnaeus, forma virginica (Linnaeus) Voss, Vilm. Blumengaertn., ed. 3. 1: 978. 1895.
BASIONYM: Iris virginica Linnaeus 1753.
Iris versicolor var. shrevei
Iris versicolor Linnaeus, var. shrevei (Small) B. Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 94: 525. 1967.
BASIONYM: Iris shrevei Small 1927.
Iris versicolor var. virginica
Iris versicolor Linnaeus, var. virginica (Linnaeus) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 141. 1877.
BASIONYM: Iris virginica Linnaeus 1753.
Iris virginica var. shrevei
Iris virginica Linnaeus, var. shrevei (Small) E. S. Anderson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 23: 469. 1936.
BASIONYM: Iris shrevei Small 1927.
Limniris shrevei
Limniris shrevei (Small) M. B. Crespo et al., Phytotaxa 232(1): 57. 2015.
BASIONYM: Iris shrevei Small 1927.
Limniris virginica
Limniris virginica (Linnaeus) Rodionenko, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 92: 552. 2007.
BASIONYM: Iris virginica Linnaeus 1753.
Specimens and Distribution
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