Iris
Tourn. ex L. · genusAt a glance
Sources7 archives
Databases and archives Iris's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 318 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
L’Iris est un genre de plantes vivaces à rhizomes ou à bulbes de la famille des Iridacées. Le genre Iris contient 210 espèces et d'innombrables variétés horticoles. On trouve souvent dans les jardins des Iris hybrides horticoles appelés à tort Iris germaniques.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Iris across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds20 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-Propenoic acid, 3-phenyl- | present | LOTUS | |
| 4-Methylpentanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Benzoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| butyl acetate | present | LOTUS | |
| coumarin | present | LOTUS | |
| Decanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Dodecanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Eicosanic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Heptanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Irigenin | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Iris has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
How it livedPBDB
Record type7 318 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions109 of 183 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Beijing, CN | 140 |
| Kunming, CN | 130 |
| Shanghai, CN | 56 |
| Paris, FR | 52 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 46 |
| Madison, US | 32 |
| Corvallis, US | 30 |
| Chicago, US | 23 |
| Chengdu, CN | 21 |
| Chengdu, CN | 20 |
| Seoul, KR | 20 |
| MAlocation not on record | 18 |
| Xining, CN | 18 |
| LDlocation not on record | 17 |
| Chengdu, CN | 17 |
| US | 16 |
| FJIDClocation not on record | 16 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 15 |
| Yunnan Universitylocation not on record | 15 |
| BClocation not on record | 13 |
| Denver, US | 13 |
| Bronx, US | 12 |
| Auckland, NZ | 12 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 11 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 11 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 10 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 9 |
| Kew, GB | 9 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 9 |
| Tianjin Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 9 |
| Görlitz, DE | 8 |
| Fort Worth, US | 8 |
| Saint Louis, US | 8 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 8 |
| CASlocation not on record | 8 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 7 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 7 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 7 |
| Adelaide, AU | 7 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 7 |
| Riverside, US | 7 |
| Wuhan, CN | 6 |
| Angwin, US | 6 |
| Berlin, DE | 6 |
| Olocation not on record | 6 |
| Barcelona, ES | 6 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Davis, US | 5 |
| Lanzhou, CN | 5 |
| Bergen, NO | 5 |
| South Kensington, GB | 5 |
| Nanjing, CN | 5 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 4 |
| Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld)location not on record | 4 |
| Taipei, TW | 4 |
| Bern, CH | 4 |
| Durango, MX | 4 |
| Wlocation not on record | 4 |
| València, ES | 4 |
| San Isidro, AR | 4 |
| Helsinki, FI | 4 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 4 |
| Parkville, AU | 4 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 4 |
| Claremont, US | 4 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Durham, US | 3 |
| Salzburg, AT | 3 |
| Philadelphia, US | 3 |
| Taipei, TW | 3 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 3 |
| Brisbane, AU | 3 |
| H-Dunkellocation not on record | 3 |
| SXTCMlocation not on record | 3 |
| JMSlocation not on record | 3 |
| Mlocation not on record | 3 |
| Nanjing, CN | 3 |
| Bangkok, TH | 3 |
| Changsha, CN | 3 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Armidale, AU | 3 |
| Columbia, US | 3 |
| Canberra, AU | 2 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 2 |
| Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Oulu, FI | 2 |
| Durban, ZA | 2 |
| Austin, US | 2 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| Tilburg, NL | 2 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 2 |
| PRClocation not on record | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 2 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 2 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Turlock, US | 2 |
| Lubbock, US | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 2 |
| Chiba, JP | 2 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| Mississippi State, US | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| Irvine, US | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Ashland, US | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| Porvoo, FI | 1 |
| Tampere, FI | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 1 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Williamsburg, US | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Cruz, US | 1 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 1 |
| Miami, US | 1 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Obihiro Centennial City Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Guilin, CN | 1 |
| J. Rusek Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| Clocation not on record | 1 |
| Whitewater, US | 1 |
| BG-NMNHSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
| Nagano City, JP | 1 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 1 |
| Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 1 |
| Weber State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Saint John, CA | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Corrientes, AR | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Asunciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| THIMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 1 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Maringá, BR | 1 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 1 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR | 1 |
| Albuquerque, US | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Iris was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.