• Species described during this decade
• Cultivars described during this decade
• Catalogs issued during this decade
• Articles written during this decade
• Scientists/Explorers describing Irises
• Hybridizers breeding Irises

Species discovered during this time period were:

The timeline up until 1753 includes Irises that were known and written about but not within the modern taxonomic system. Today's system starts in 1753 with the publication of Species Plantarum by Linneaus. Linneaus knew of 17 species which are listed in the next time period. Before 1753 various authors used various names and were not following a single system of naming. See 1751-1800