Iridales
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Vernacular names of plants within the Order Iridales

African cornflag
African cornlily
Bartram's ixia
Harlequin flower
North's false flag
alophia
aristea
belamcanda
crocosmia
eleutherine
freesia
gladiolus
grasswidow
herbertia
irises
leapard flower
libertia
lily
montbretia
neomarica
pleatleaf
prairie nymph
propeller flower
romulea
rosy sandcrocus
snowy mermaid
trimezia
wandflower

Hierarchical position of the Order Iridales

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Iridales Raf.
pub. 1815
  

Named members of the Order Iridales

1
   Subordo  Iridineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 94. Mai 1898.
  
 
2
   Familia  Iridaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 57. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Irises
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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