Plants in the family Iridaceae are often referred to as "Irids". In earlier times many taxonomist named plants in the iridaceae as an Iris species but then later taxonomists moved these to another genus in the Iridaceae. A list of the earlier "Iris" names are provided below:
Iris angusta Thunb. = Moraea angusta
Iris bicolor Lindley = Moraea bicolor
Iris bituminnosa Linn. = Moraea viscaria var. bituminosa
Iris brachystigma Scheele =Herbertia drummondiana
Iris capensis Burm. = Moraea edulis
Iris catenulata Baker = Moraea catenulata
Iris ciliata Linn = Moraea ciliata
Iris clandestina Lehm. = ?
Iris compressa Linn. = Moraea iridioides
Iris crassifolia Lodd. = Moraea iridioides
Iris crispa Linn. = Moraea crispa
Iris diversifolia Steud. ex A. Rich = Moraea diversifolia
Iris edulis Linn. = Moraea edulis
Iris floridana Rafin. = ?
Iris fugax Pers. = Moraea sp.
Iris glumacea Rafin. = ?
Iris gracilis Licht. ex Roem & Schult = Moraea tenuis
Iris hirsuta Licht. = Moraea papilionaceae
Iris imberbis Van Hazen= Moraea candida
Iris lacera Lam. = Moraea polystachya
Iris longifolia Schneev. = Moraea edulis
Iris martinicensis Jacq. = Trimezia martinicensis
Many plants Iris minuta Linn. = Moraea ciliata var. minuta
Iris moraeoides Ker Gawl = Moraea iridioides
Iris mutila Licht ex Roem & Schult = Moraea
Iris Northiana Pers. = Moraea northiana
Iris papilionacea Linn. = Moraea papilionaceae
Iris pavonia Linn. = Moraea pavonia
Iris picta Bot. Gart. Halle = ?
Iris plumeria Thun. = Moraea irioprtala
Iris polystachya Thunb. = Moraea polystacya
Iris racemosa Thunb. = Moraea racemosa
Iris ramossisima Linn. = Moraea ramosa
Iris Robinsoniana Murl. = Moraea robinsoniana
Iris Robinsonii Hort = Moraea robinsoniana
Iris setacea Thunb. = Moraea setacea
Iris setifolia Linn. = Moraea setacea
Iris sylvestris Vell. Fl. Flum. = ?
Iris spathacea Thunb. = Moraea spathacea
Iris spathulata Linn. = Moraea spathacea
Iris tricuspidata Linn. = Moraea tricuspis
Iris tricuspis Thunb. = Moraea Edulis
Iris tricuspis Willd. = Moraea tricuspis
Iris tripetala Linn. = Moraea tripetala
Iris tristis Linn. = Moraea tristis
Iris unifolis Schrank = ?
Iris villosa Ker Gawl = Moraea pavonia
Iris viscaria Linn. = Moraea viscaria
-- BobPries - 2013-12-06