Plant Details

Accepted name:: Iris pseudacorus L. [Iridaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
paleyellow iris	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yellow flag	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 38 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acorus adulterinus Ludw. Herb. Blackwell.: t. 261 (1755-1757).
Iris acoriformis Boreau Fl. Centre France, ed. 3, 2: 635 (1857).
Iris acoroides Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 13: 44 (1846).
Iris bastardii Boreau Fl. Centre France, ed. 3, 2: 635 (1857).
Iris curtopetala Redouté Liliac. 6: t. 340 (1811).
Iris flava Tornab. Fl. Sicul.: 212 (1887).
Iris lutea Ludw. Herb. Blackwell.: t. 261 (1755-1757).
Iris pallidior Hill Brit. Herb.: 473 (1756).
Iris paludosa Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 52 (1805).
Iris palustris Moench Methodus: 528 (1794), nom. illeg.
Iris palustris Gaterau Descr. Pl. Montauban: 31 (1789), nom. superfl.
Iris palustris var. pallida Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 196 (1821 publ. 1822).
Iris pseudacorus subsp. acoriformis (Boreau) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 257 (1890).
Iris pseudacorus var. acoriformis (Boreau) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 702 (1882).
Iris pseudacorus var. acoriformis (Boreau) Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 190 (1877).
Iris pseudacorus var. acoroides (Spach) Baker Handb. Irid.: 11 (1892).
Iris pseudacorus f. albescens Neuman Sver. Fl.: 641 (1901).
Iris pseudacorus subvar. aurantiaca Druce Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 5: 53 (1917).
Iris pseudacorus subsp. bastardii (Boreau) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 257 (1890).
Iris pseudacorus var. bastardii (Boreau) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 702 (1882).
Iris pseudacorus var. citrina Hook. Brit. Fl.: 18 (1830).
Iris pseudacorus f. longiacuminata Prodán Bul. Grăd. Bot. Univ. Cluj 15: 67 (1935).
Iris pseudacorus var. longifolia DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 237 (1805).
Iris pseudacorus f. nyaradyana Prodán in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 11: 852 (1966).
Iris pseudacorus var. ochroleuca Peterm. Flora 27: 344 (1844).
Iris pseudacorus var. parviflora Bastard Essai Fl. Maine et Loire, Suppl.: 23 (1812).
Iris pseudacorus var. parviflorum Bastard Essai Fl. Maine et Loire, Suppl.: 23 (1812).
Iris pseudacorus f. submersa Glück Biol. Morphol. Untersuch. Wasser- Sumpfgewächse 3: 13 (1911).
Iris sativa Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: n.° 15 (1768).
Limnirion pseudacorus (L.) Opiz Seznam: 59 (1852).
Limniris pseudacorus (L.) Fuss Fl. Transsilv.: 636 (1866).
Moraea candolleana Spreng. Syst. Veg., 1: 164 (1824).
Pseudo-iris palustris Medik. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 417 (1790), nom. superfl.
Vieusseuxia iridioides Redouté Liliac. 6: t. 340 (1811), pro syn.
Xiphion acoroides (Spach) Alef. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 297 (1863).
Xiphion pseudacorus (L.) Schrank Fl. Monac. 1: t. 99 (1811).
Xyridion acoroideum (Spach) Klatt Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 30: 500 (1872).
Xyridion pseudacorus (L.) Klatt Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 30: 500 (1872).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Iris pseudacorus	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Iris pseudacorus L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Iris pseudoacorus L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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