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Genus: Iris Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Iridaceae
Twelve species cultivated.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Iris brevicaulis
Native to southern USA. |
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Iris foetidissima (Stinking gladwin, Stinking iris)
Native to western Europe to northern Africa. |
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Iris hexagona
Native to south-eastern USA. |
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Iris japonica
Native to China and Japan. |
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Iris laevigata
Native to eastern Asia. |
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Iris orientalis
Native to Greece and Turkey. |
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Iris pallida
Native to Croatia. |
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Iris pseudacorus (Yellow flag)
Native to Europe, Siberia and North Africa. |
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Iris pumila
Native to Europe. |
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Iris sanguinea
Native to Siberia, Korea and Japan. |
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Iris sibirica
Native to Europe, Siberia and Turkey. |
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Iris wattii
Native to India and China. |
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