Plant Details

Accepted name:: Iris pallida Lam. [Iridaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Iris pallida subsp. cengialti (Ambrosi ex A.Kern.) Foster

Iris pallida subsp. illyrica (Tomm. ex Vis.) K.Richt.

Iris pallida subsp. pallida

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bleiche schwertlilie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dalmatian iris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fragrant-root iris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
iridis rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
iris	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
iris pâle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lirio pálido	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lírio de florença	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
lírio florentino	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
oils of orris rhizome	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
orris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
orris root oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
schwertlilienwurzelstock	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
silveriris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sweet iris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
íris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
íris florentino	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizomes	dried and aged rhizomes	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
rhizome	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
rhzome	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
root	vegetal drug, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
rhizome	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Iris × germanica subsp. pallida (Lam.) O.Bolòs & Vigo Fl. Països Catalans 4: 159 (2001).
Iris × pallide-caerulaea Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 51 (1805), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Iris pallida	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Iris pallida Lam	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
Iris pallida Lam.	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Iris pallida Lamarck	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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