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Iris is a flowering plant genus of 310 accepted species [1] with showy flowers.As well as being the scientific name, iris is also widely used as a common name for all Iris species, as well as some belonging to other closely related genera.
The Iris flower data set or Fisher's Iris data set is a multivariate data set used and made famous by the British statistician and biologist Ronald Fisher in his 1936 paper The use of multiple measurements in taxonomic problems as an example of linear discriminant analysis. [1]
Iris versicolor or Iris versicolour is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag, [2] and poison flag, plus other variations of these names, [3] [4] and in Great Britain and Ireland as purple iris. [5] It is a species of Iris native to North America, in the Eastern United States and Eastern ...
Subgenus Iris is one subgenus of Iris. Iris as a plant was originally named by Carl Linnaeus in his book Systema Naturae (in 1735), with a great number of species being added into the genus. Including new ones that were found after the book's publication.
Iris florentina flower in late April. Iris florentina has a thick or stout rhizome, which is short, fleshy, horizontal, and has a strong violet scent. [2] [3] [4] The rhizomes spread across the surface of the soil, [1] [5] [6] to form clumps of plants. [6] [7] This habit can often create a dense network of fibrous roots that can crowd out other ...
A floral diagram is a graphic representation of the structure of a flower. It shows the number of floral organs, their arrangement and fusion. Different parts of the flower are represented by their respective symbols. Floral diagrams are useful for flower identification or can help in understanding angiosperm evolution.
Later Brian Mathew, then altered Iris × germanica to include other tall 48-chromosome tetraploids, including Iris cypriana, Iris mesopotamica, and Iris trojana. Iris kashmiriana and Iris croatica are also connected with this group. [21] Some authors still regard Iris mesopotamica as a form of Iris × germanica. [12] [24] But others disagree ...
Iris longifolia (Sweet) Spach Iris tuberosa Iris tuberosa Iris tuberosa (formerly Hermodactylus tuberosus ) is a species of tuberous flowering plant of the genus Iris , with the common names snake's-head , [ 4 ] snake's-head iris , [ 5 ] widow iris , black iris , or velvet flower-de-luce .