Iris jacquinii

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Iridoideae
Tribus: Irideae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: I. subg. Xiphium
Species: Iris jacquinii
Name

Iris jacquinii (Schrank) ined..
Synonyms

Basionym
Xiphion jacquinii Schrank, Flora 7(2 Beibl.): 17. 1824.

Heterotypic
Iris pyrenaea Salzm. ex Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 4: 142 (1901–1902), nom. illeg.
Iris pyrenaica Bubani, Dunalia 94 (1878), nom. superfl.
Iris xiphioides Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 7: 140 (1792), nom. illeg.
Iris xiphium subsp. xiphioides (Ehrh.) Bonnier & Layens, Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 304 (1894), nom. inval.
Xiphion latifolium Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: 3 (1768).
Iris latifolia (Mill.) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3, 1: 982 (1895), nom. illeg. non Heer (1869), fossil name.
Iris anglica Steud., Nomencl. Bot.: 437 (1821), nom. inval.
Iris argentea auct., Rev. Hort. 63: 36 (1891).
Iris cepifolia Stokes, Bot. Comm. 1: 233 (1830).
Iris xiphioides f. cantabrica Leroy & M.Laínz, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 4(1): 119 (1954).
Iris xiphioides subsp. cantabrica (Leroy & M.Laínz) Font Quer, M.Laínz & Leroy, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 4(2): 225 (1954).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Southwestern Europe
France, Spain.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Iris jacquinii in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 1. Reference page. 
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Iris jacquinii in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 1. Reference page. 
Tropicos.org 2022. Iris jacquinii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Jan 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Iris jacquinii. Published online. Accessed: 1 Jan 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Iris jacquinii. Accessed: 1 Jan 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. Iris jacquinii. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 1. Reference page. 
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Iris jacquinii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Englische Schwertlilie
English: English Iris
español: Lirio azul
français: Iris à larges feuilles
italiano: Iris

Iris jacquinii or Iris latifolia, the English iris,[2] also known as I. xiphiodes and I. anglica, is a hardy flowering bulbous species of the iris genus, in the family Iridaceae. It is native to the Pyrenees of Southwestern France and Northwestern Spain. It is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its blue flowers which appear in early Summer.

Iris jacquinii grows to a height of 50 cm.[3] The plant produces two or three deep blue flowers with yellow marks in the center of the lower petals. Flowers have six tepals and are 12–13 cm in diameter. Leaves are stiff and sword-shaped, approximately 60 cm long, and dark green to teal in color. Leaves begin growth in early spring, before the snow has entirely melted. It is a bulbous iris, as opposed to a rhizomatous iris. The bulb has a thin, dark brown skin and grows 10–15 cm deep in the ground.[4]
References

"Iris latifolia (Mill.) Voss is an accepted name". theplantlist.org. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
Iris latifolia
"Iris latifolia". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 23 July 2013.