What is Iris (plant)?
{{italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Iris sanguinea cultivar, Wakehurst Place, UK - Diliff.jpg |image_caption = ''[[Iris sibirica]]'' |taxon = Iris |display_parents = 2 |authority = [[Carl von Linné|L.]], [[1753]] |type_species = ''[[Iris germanica]]'' |type_species_authority = L. |subdivision_ranks = [[Subgenera]] |subdivision = ''[[Hermodactyloides]]''<br /> ''[[Iris subg. Iris|Iris]]''<br /> ''[[Iris subg. Limniris|Limniris]]''<br /> ''[[Iris subg. Nepalensis|Nepalensis]]''<br /> ''[[Iris subg. Scorpiris|Scorpiris]]''<br /> ''[[Iris subg. Xiphium|Xiphium]]'' | synonyms =<!-- Except Juno (which is done at the disambiguation), these redirect here; redirect to subgenus when such articles exist --> ''Belamcanda''<br /> ''Hermodactylus''<br /> ''Iridodictyum''<br /> ''Juno''<br /> ''Junopsis''<br /> ''Pardanthopsis''<br /> ×''Pardancanda''<br /> ''Xiphion'' }} '''''Iris''''' is a [[genus]] of 260–300<ref name=WCSP>{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=321523|title=WCSP: Iris|work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families|access-date=2 June 2014}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[species]] of [[flowering plant]]s with showy [[flower]]s. It takes its name from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word for a [[rainbow]].<ref name=Goldblatt2008>{{cite book |author=Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |url=https://archive.org/details/irisfamilynatura00unse |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=[https://archive.org/details/irisfamilynatura00unse/page/n255 200]–204 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}</ref> This refers to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species. The [[scientific name]], ''iris'' is also very widely used as a common name for all ''Iris'' species, as well as some belonging to other closely related [[genera]]. It is a member of the [[Iridaceae]] family<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Iris |title=Iris |pub