Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Iris > Iris pseudacorusIris pseudacorus (yellow iris)Synonyms: Acorus adulterinus; Iris acoriformis; Iris acoroides; Iris bastardii; Iris curtopetala; Iris flava; Iris lutea; Iris pallidior; Iris paludosa; Iris palustris; Iris palustris var. pallida; Iris pseudacorus acoriformis; Iris pseudacorus bastardii; Iris pseudacorus f. longiacuminata; Iris pseudacorus f. nyaradyana; Iris pseudacorus f. submersa; Iris pseudacorus var. acoriformis; Iris pseudacorus var. acoroides; Iris pseudacorus var. bastardii; Iris pseudacorus var. citrina; Iris pseudacorus var. longifolia; Iris pseudacorus var. ochroleuca; Iris pseudacorus var. parviflora; Iris sativa; Limnirion pseudacorus (homotypic); Limniris pseudacorus (homotypic); Moraea candolleana; Pseudo-iris palustris; Vieusseuxia iridioides; Xiphion acoroides; Xiphion pseudacorus (homotypic); Xyridion acoroideum; Xyridion pseudacorus (homotypic) Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag, yellow iris, water flag, lever) is a species in the genus Iris, of the family Iridaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Its specific epithet, meaning "false acorus," refers to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus, as they have a prominently veined mid-rib and sword-like shape. |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land
Use |
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Alaska & Canada Pacific Coastal |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Cantabric Coast - Languedoc |
France, Spain |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Central & Western Europe |
Austria, Belgium, Byelarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Eastern Iberia |
Andorra, France, Spain |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Lake Onega - Lake Ladoga |
Finland, Russia |
Palearctic |
Large Lakes |
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Laurentian Great Lakes |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Large Lakes |
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Northeast US & Southeast Canada Atlantic Drainages |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Northern Baltic Drainages |
Denmark, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden |
Palearctic |
Polar Freshwaters |
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Norwegian Sea Drainages |
Norway, Sweden |
Palearctic |
Polar Freshwaters |
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Oregon & Northern California Coastal |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Sacramento - San Joaquin |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Southern Baltic Lowlands |
Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Southern Iberia |
Portugal, Spain |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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St. Lawrence |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Teays - Old Ohio |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Upland Rivers |
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Upper Danube |
Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Western Iberia |
Portugal, Spain |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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