page_title: Iris orientalis
section_title: Taxonomy
hierarchical_section_title: Iris orientalis / Taxonomy
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Fleurs d'Iris orientalis au Jardin des Plantes - Paris
context_page_description: Iris orientalis is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Spuriae. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, from Turkey and Greece, with white flowers with a yellow mark or blotch. It was also known as Iris ochroleuca for a long time. It is commonly known as yellow banded iris in the U.S. and Turkish iris in the U.K. but also has some other less common names. It is very hardy and has been known to naturalize in various countries.
  It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.
context_section_description: Iris orientalis is pronounced as 'EYE-ris (Iris) or-ee-en-TAY-liss (Orientalis).
  It has several common names including; yellow band iris (in America), oriental iris, Turkish Iris in the UK, eastern iris, and russian beauty iris.
  It is also known as gullbandsiris in Sweden.
  It was first published and described by Philip Miller in The Gardeners Dictionary, ed.8. no9. on the 16 April 1768.
  In 1788, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, table 61, described Iris orientalis using the name Iris ochroleuca. This was the start of the confusion between the 2 irises. Because Iris ochroleuce was published later (by Linnaeus in 1771), it is deemed unacceptable under the International Rules of Nomenclature. Later, Iris ochroleuca was classified as a synonym of Iris orientalis.
  An illustration of Iris orientalis was in Botanical Mag.61 in 1793.
  It has been mistakenly thought to be a Japanese Iris, due to the name 'orientalis'.
  The Latin specific epithet orientalis refers to 'eastern' but sometimes is also translated as 'from the Orient'.
  It was verified by United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service on 4 April 2003.
  Iris orientalis is an accepted name by the RHS.
caption: Irises growing in Jardin des Plantes in Paris
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