Plant Details

Accepted name:: Iris sibirica L. [Iridaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chi sun	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ma lan hua	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
palmeirinha	Other	Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, other parts		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 30 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Biris sibirica (L.) Medik. Staatswirthschaftl. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Heidelberg 1: 257 (1781).
Iris acuta Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 4 (1814).
Iris angustifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 44 (1796), nom. illeg.
Iris angustifolia Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 498 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Iris bicolor Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 13 (1768).
Iris erirrhiza Posp. Fl. Oesterr. Küstenl. 1: 269 (1897).
Iris flexuosa Murray Novi Comment. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 7: 30 (1776).
Iris mandraliscae Tineo ex Tornab. Fl. Sicula: 512 (1887), nom. illeg.
Iris maritima Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 11 (1768).
Iris pratensis Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 498 (1779), nom. superfl.
Iris pseudosibirica Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 657 (1866).
Iris sibirica var. acuta (Willd.) Trevir. Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1818: 4 (1818).
Iris sibirica var. albida Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 79 (1867).
Iris sibirica f. albiflora Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 18: 65 (1904).
Iris sibirica var. angustifolia Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1865: 65 (1866).
Iris sibirica var. erirrhiza (Posp.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 506 (1906).
Iris sibirica var. flexuosa (Murray) Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 5(Notes): [s.p.] (1819).
Iris sibirica var. haematophylla Besser Flora 17(1, Beibl.): 25 (1834).
Iris sibirica var. pallida Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 79 (1867).
Iris sibirica var. stenopetala Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 79 (1867).
Iris sibirica var. typica Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 26: 519 (1880), not validly publ.
Iris spathulata Cav. Descr. Pl. 2: 298 (1802), nom. illeg.
Iris stricta Moench Methodus: 528 (1794), nom. superfl.
Limnirion sibiricum (L.) Opiz Seznam: 59 (1852).
Limniris sibirica (L.) Fuss Fl. Transsilv.: 637 (1866).
Xiphion flexuosum (Murray) Alef. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 297 (1863).
Xiphion pratense Parl. Nuov. Gen. Sp. Monocot.: 45 (1854).
Xiphion sibiricum (L.) Schrank Flora 7(2 Beibl.): 19 (1824).
Xyridion flexuosum (Murray) Klatt Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 30: 500 (1872).
Xyridion sibiricum (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 sibirica	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Iris sibirica L.	Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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