• 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

1970....This decade 36 species; 276 cumulative

• Iris halophila var. sogdiana (Bunge) Grubov, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 6: 30 (1970).
• Iris afghanica Wendelbo, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31: 338 (1972).
• Iris cedreti Dinsm. ex Chaudhary, Bot. Not. 125: 497 (1972).
• Iris doabensis B.Mathew, Bot. Mag. 179: t. 620 (1972).
• Iris iberica subsp. elegantissima (Sosn.) Fed. & Takht., Fl. Erevana: 331 (1972).
• Iris iberica subsp. lycotis (Woronow) Takht. in A.L.Takhtajan & A.A.Fedorov, Fl. Erevana: 330 (1972).
• Iris kirkwoodiae Chaudhary, Bot. Not. 125: 499 (1972).
• Iris spuria subsp. musulmanica (Fomin) Takht. in A.L.Takhtajan & A.A.Fedorov, Fl. Erevana, ed. 2: 330 (1972)
• Iris yebrudii Dinsm. ex Chaudhary, Bot. Not. 125: 259 (1972).
• Iris yebrudii subsp. edgecombii Chaudhary, Bot. Not. 125: 499 (1972).
• Iris heweri Grey-Wilson & B.Mathew, Kew Bull. 29: 67 (1974).
• Iris kuschkensis Grey-Wilson & B.Mathew, Kew Bull. 29: 67 (1974).
• Iris odaesanensis Y.N.Lee, Korean J. Bot. 17: 33 (1974).
• Iris marsica I.Ricci & Colas., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 32: 218 (1973 publ. 1974).
• Iris staintonii H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 49: 203 (1974).
• Iris wendelboi Grey-Wilson & B.Mathew, Kew Bull. 29(1): 72 (1974).
• Iris acutiloba subsp. lineolata (Trautv.) B.Mathew & Wendelbo, Fl. Iran. 112: 32 (1975).
• Iris barnumiae subsp. demawendica (Bornm.) B.Mathew & Wendelbo, Fl. Iran. 112: 35 (1975).
• Iris barnumiae f. urmiensis (Hoog) B.Mathew & Wendelbo, Fl. Iran. 112: 34 (1975).
• Iris carterorum B.Mathew & Wendelbo, Fl. Iran. 112: 68 (1975).
• Iris drepanophylla subsp. chlorotica B.Mathew & Wendelbo, Fl. Iran. 112: 61 (1975).
• Iris hymenospatha B.Mathew & Wendelbo, Fl. Iran. 112: 56 (1975).
• Iris hymenospatha subsp. leptoneura B.Mathew & Wendelbo, Fl. Iran. 112: 57 (1975).
• Iris kopetdagensis (Vved.) B.Mathew & Wendelbo, Fl. Iran. 112: 61 (1975).
• Iris maracandica (Vved.) Wendelbo, Bot. Not. 128: 216 (1975).
• Iris odontostyla B.Mathew & Wendelbo, Fl. Iran. 112: 54 (1975).
• Iris paradoxa f. choschab (Hoog) B.Mathew & Wendelbo, Fl. Iran. 112: 31 (1975).
• Iris platyptera B.Mathew & Wendelbo, Fl. Iran. 112: 66 (1975).
• Iris reticulata var. bakeriana (Foster) B.Mathew & Wendelbo, Fl. Iran. 112: 43 (1975).
• Iris assadiana Chaudhary, G.Kirkw. & C.Weymouth, Bot. Not. 128: 401 (1975 publ. 1976).
• Iris kirkwoodiae subsp. calcarea Chaudhary, G.Kirkw. & C.Weymouth, Bot. Not. 128: 388 (1975 publ. 1976).
• Iris swensoniana Chaudhary, G.Kirkw. & C.Weymouth, Bot. Not. 128: 406 (1975 publ. 1976).
• Iris lutescens subsp. subbiflora (Brot.) D.A.Webb & Chater, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 316 (1978).
• Iris regis-uzziae Feinbrun, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 37: 75 (1978).
• Iris revoluta Colas., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 35-36: 158 (1978).
• Iris sintenisii subsp. brandzae (Prodán) D.A.Webb & Chater, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 315 (1978).