1830, Raffeneau-Delile
Iris ægyptia Nob. (Alire Raffeneau-Delile, 1830). Described as Iris aegyptia, now included in the genus Sisyrinchium.
See below:
Raffeneau-Delile Alire: Iris ægyptia Nob., Flore de l'Arabie Pétrée, in Voyage de l'Arabie Pétrée, par Léon de Laborde et Linant, 1830, p. 82
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