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---++ Linnaeus's Treatment of Genus Iris

<img width="320" alt="Species Plantarum" align="right" hspace="5" src="%ATTACHURL%/Species_Plantarum_0re.jpg" height="480" /> [[Main.Bio.ScientistLinnaeusCarl][Carl von Linné]] is considered the father of modern taxonomy. His binomial system of nomenclature was one of the first that really began to make sense to many people. Its organization based on the numbers of the sexual organs seemed to bring together plants that intuitively people felt were related. His seminal work [[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13829#page/50/mode/1up ][Species Plantarum Vol. 1 p. 38]] in 1753 is the baseline for our modern naming system.

Linnaeus knew only 17 species of Iris:
   1 [[Spec.SpecSusiana][<em>Iris susiana</em>]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecGermanica][<em>Iris germanica</em>]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecAphylla][<em>Iris aphylla</em>]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecVariegata][<em>Iris variegata</em>]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecSubbiflora][<em>Iris biflora</em>]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecPumila][<em>Iris pumila</em>]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecPseudacorus][<em>Iris pseudacorus</em>]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecFoetidissima][<em>Iris foetidissima</em>]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecSibirica][<em>Iris sibirica</em>]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecVersicolor][Iris versicolor]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecVirginica][Iris virginica]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecSpuria][Iris spuria]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecGraminea][Iris graminea]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecVerna][Iris verna]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecTuberosa][Iris tuberosa]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecXiphium][Iris xiphium]]
   1 [[Spec.SpecPersica][Iris persica]]
Linneaus assigned _Iris germanica_ as the type specimen for the Genus _Iris_.
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