Systematic Treatment of the Genus Iris by Baker

John Gilbert Baker; Outlined the Genus Iris as part of a comprehensive outline of the family iridaceae in his "Irideae" and later in Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. London 16: 143. 1877 (14 Jul 1877).

Today many authors include Baker's genera Belamcanda, Xiphion, and Hermodactylus within the Genus Iris. In Baker's four genera there were 95 species.

Tribus 3 Aristideae
Genus Belamcanda

• B. chinensis now Iris domestica

Tribus 5 Xiphionideae
33. Genus Xiphion

• Subgenus I. Euxiphion
  • • 1. X. vulgare Miller
      • Variety lusitanicum Alefeld
      • Variety sordidum Salisbury
      • Variety serotinum Willk.
      • Variety spectabilis Spach
    • 2. X. latifolium Miller
    • 3. X. histrio Hook fils
    • 4. X. fontanesii Baker
    • 5. X. filifolium Klatt
      • Variety latifolium Baker.
    • 6. X. junceum Klatt
    • 7. X. tingitanum
    • 8. X. reticulatum Klatt
      • Variety krelagei Regel
• Subgenus II. Juno
  • • 9. X. planifolium Miller
    • 10. X. persicum Miller
    • 11. X. palestinum Baker
    • 12. X. caucasicum Baker
    • 13. X. aitchsonii Baker
    • 14. X. stocksii Baker
    • 15. X aucheri Baker
• Subgenus III Micropogon
  • • 1. X. danfordae Baker

Tribus 7 Euirideae
37. Genus Iris (77 species)

• Subgenus I. Apogon (Beardless Irises)
  • folia linearia
    • 1. I. humilis Bieb. (Iris ruthenica)
    • 2. I. cretensis Janka
    • 3. I. unguicularis Poiret
    • 4. I.ventricosa Pallas
    • 5. I. tenuifolia Pallas
    • 6. I. songarica Schrenck
    • 7. I. macrosiphon Toorey
    • 8. I. ruthenica Dryand in Ait.
    • 9. I. douglasiana Herbert
      • variety beecheyana Herbert
    • 10. I. Toulmieana Herbert (I. missouriensis Nuttall)
    • 11. I. tripetala Walt (Now Iris tridentata)
    • 12. I. tenax Douglas
    • 13. I. hartwegii Baker
    • 14. I. prismatica Pursh
    • 15. I. ensata Thunb. (Iris lactea )
    • 16. I. graminea L.
      • Variety latiflolia Spach
      • Variety inodora Spach
    • 17. I. sibirica L.
      • Variety flexulosa Murr.
      • Variety orientalis Thunb. (now Iris sanguinea)
      • Variety trigonocarpa A. Braun
  • folia ensiformia
    • 18. I. maculata
    • 19. I. tridentata Pursh. (now Iris hookeri)
    • 20. I. setosa
    • 21. I. pseudacorus
      • Variety bastardi Boreau
      • Variety acoriformis Boreau
      • Variety acoroides Spach
    • 22. I. spuria L.
      • Variety duerinckii K. Koch
      • Variety sogdiana Bunge
      • Variety daenensis Kotschy
      • Variety desertorum Ker
      • Variety notha M. Bieb.
    • 23. I. gueldenstaedtiana
      • Variety subbarbata Joo
    • 24. I. ochroleuca L. (now I. orientalis Miller
    • 25. I. aurea Lindl.
    • 26. I. monnieri DC
    • 27. I. foetidissima L.
    • 28. I. versicolor L
      • Variety virginica L
      • Variety flaccida Spach
    • 29. I. hexagona Walt.
    • 30. I. longipetala Herbert
    • 31. I. laevigata Fischer & Meyer
    • 32. I. dichotoma L.
    • 33. I. fulva Ker
• Subgenus II. Oncocyclus (Aril Irises)
  • • 34. I. susiana L.
      • Variety livida Tratt.
    • 35. I. iberica Hoffm.
      • Variety Ochracea Regel
      • Variety Heylandiana Boiss.
    • 36. I. saarii Schott
    • 37. I. paradoxa Stev.
    • 38. I. acutiloba C.A. Meyer
• Subgenus III. Evansia (Crested Irises)
  • • 39. I. cristata Solander in Ait.
    • 40. I. lacustris Nuttall
    • 41. I. gracilipes Asa Gray
    • 42. I. speculatrix Hance
    • 43. I. nepalensis D. Don
    • 44. I. japonica Thunb.
• Subgenus IV. Pogoniris (Bearded Irises)
  • Stirps pumilae
    • 45. I. pumila L.
      • Variety tristis Reich.
      • Variety attica Boiss.
      • Variety coerulea Spach
      • Variety Stenoloba DC
      • Variety Aequiloba Ledeb.
    • 46. I. suaveolens Boiss.
    • 47. I. pseudopumila Tineo
      • Variety panormitana Todaro
    • 48. I. verna L.
    • 49. I. tigridia Bunge
    • 50. I. chamaeiris Bert.
      • Variety italica Parl.
      • Variety olbiensis Henon.
      • Variety balkana Janka
  • Stirps biflorae
    • 51. I. glauscecens Bunge
      • Variety longiflora Herber
      • Variety elongata Fischer
    • 52. I. rubromarginata Baker
    • 53. I. kumaonensis Wall.
    • 54. I. biflora L.
    • 55. I. lutescens L.
    • 56. I. virescens DC
    • 57. I. arenaria Waldst.
    • 58. I. flavissima Pallas
    • 59. I. bloudowii Ledeb.
    • 60. I. goniocarpa Baker
    • 61. I. korolkowii Regel
    • 62. I. Haynei Baker
  • Stirps variegatae
    • 63. I. aphylla L.
    • 64. I. variegata L.
      • Variety belgica Spach
    • 65. I. lurida Solander in Ait.
      • Variety redouteana Spach
  • Stirps germanicae
    • 66. I. flavescens DC
    • 67. I. squalens L.
      • Variety lavandulaceae Baker
      • Variety atropurpurea Baker
    • 68. I. sambucina L.
      • Variety concolor Baker
    • 69. I. neglecta
    • 70. I. hybrida Retz. (now cultivar 'Amoena')
    • 71. I. germanica L.
  • Stirps pallideae
    • 72. I. florentina L.
      • Variety albicans Lange
    • 73. I. pallida Lammarck
      • Variety junonia Schott & Kotscky
      • Variety cucullata Schur
      • Variety australis Todaro
      • Variety mandraliscae Todaro
      • Variety tinae Todaro
      • Variety sicula Todaro
    • 74. I. Plicata Lammarck
    • 75. I. Swertii Lammarck
• Subgenus V Hexapogon
  • Series I
    • 76. I. longiscapa Ledeb
    • 77. I. falcifolia Bunge
  • Series II. Dietes Salisbury (now genus Dietes)
    • 78. I. compressa Linn. fils.
    • 79. I. catenulata Baker
    • 80. I. bicolor Lindley
    • 81. I. robinsonniana Muell.
• Genus Hermodactylus Tournfort
  • • H. tuberosa Salisb.
      • Variety Longifolius Sweet
      • Variety bispathaceus Sweet

Despite the fact that none of these subgenera are used today by taxonomists, except Oncocyclus, and that has been reduced to a section by most authors, these terms have stuck as colloqual names for these groups, especially among irisarians.

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-- BobPries - 2012-07-08