Iris sanguinea

Iris sanguinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: Iris subg. Limniris
Section: Iris sect. Limniris
Series: Iris ser. Sibiricae
Species:
I. sanguinea
Binomial name
Iris sanguinea
Synonyms[1]
  • Iris extremorientalis Koidz.
  • Iris haematophylla Fisch. [Illegitimate]
  • Iris nertschinskia Lodd.
  • Iris nertschinskia var. pumila Makino
  • Iris orientalis Thunb. [Illegitimate]
  • Iris polakii Stapf
  • Iris sanguinea f. albiflora Makino
  • Iris sanguinea var. coronalis Y.N.Lee
  • Iris sanguinea var. sanguinea (unknown)
  • Iris sanguinea f. sericiflora Y.N.Lee
  • Iris sanguinea f. tetrapetala Doronkin
  • Iris sibirica var. orientalis (Schrank) Baker
  • Iris sibirica var. sanguinea (Donn ex Hornem.) Ker Gawl.
  • Limniris sanguinea (Donn ex Hornem.) Rodion.
  • Xiphion orientale Schrank

Iris sanguinea is a rhizomatous flowering plant in the genus Iris and in the series Sibiricae. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions. It is one of the species considered a Japanese iris. It is from Asia, found between Russia, Mongolia, China, Japan and Korea. It has grey green leaves, an unbranched flowering stem and flowers in reddish-purple shades, from blue to blue-purple, red-violet, with a rare white variant.

A 2020 taxonomic revision suggests that previously distinguished taxa of Iris sanguinea and Iris sibirica bear no phylogenetic nor morphological distinction. As such, name I. sanguinea was synonymized with I. siberica.[2]

  1. ^ "Iris sanguinea Donn ex Hornem. is an accepted name". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ^ Boltenkov, Eugeny; Artyukova, Elena; Kozyrenko, Marina; Erst, Andrey; Trias-Blasi, Anna (2020-10-01). "Iris sanguinea is conspecific with I. sibirica (Iridaceae) according to morphology and plastid DNA sequence data". PeerJ. 8: e10088. doi:10.7717/peerj.10088. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7533061. PMID 33062454.