VASCULAR PLANT FAMILIES and GENERA

List of Genera in IRIDACEAE

Ari = Aristeoideae; Cro-Ixieae = Crocoideae-Ixieae, Cro-Tri = -Tritoniopsideae, Cro-Wat = -Watsonieae; Geo = Geosiridoideae; Iri-Dip = Iridoideae-Diplarrheneae, Iri-Iri = -Irideae, Iri-Sys = -Sisymbrieae, Iri-Tig = -Tigridieae, Iri-Tri = -Trimezieae; Iso = Isophysidoideae; Niv = Nivenioideae; Pat = Patersonioideae.

Bold, accepted name; italics, synonym.

Acaste Salisbury = Babiana Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Acidanthera Hochst. = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Afrocrocus Manning & Goldblatt - Cro-Ix
Afrosolen Goldblatt & Manning - Cro-Wat
Aglaea Steudel Melasphaerula Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Ainea Ravenna = Tigridia de Jussieu - Iri-Tig
Alatavia* Rodionenko = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Alophia Herbert - Iri-Tig
Anaclanthe N. E. Brown = Babiana Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Anactorion Rafinesque = Sparaxis Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Anapalina N. E. Brown = Tritoniopsis L. Bolus
Anisanthus Sweet = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Anomalesia N. E. Brown = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Anomalostylus R. C. Foster = Trimezia Herbert - Iri-Tri
Anomatheca Ker Gawler = Freesia Klatt - Cro-Ix
Antholyza L. = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Aristea Aiton - Ari

Babiana Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Barnadiella Goldblatt = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri
Beatonia Herbert = Tigridia de Jussieu - Iri-Tig
Beilia Kuntze = Thereianthus G. J. Lewis - Cro-Wat
Belamcanda* Adanson = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Belendenia Rafinesque = Bellendenia Rafinesque = Tritonia Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Beverna Adanson = Babiana Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Bobartia L. - Iri-Iri
Botherbe Klatt = Calydorea Herbert - Iri-Tig
Bulbocodium Gronovius = Romulea Maratti - Cro-Ix
Bulbocodium Kuntze = Romulea Maratti - Cro-Ix

Calydorea Herbert - Iri-Tig
Cardenanthus R. C. Foster = Mastigostyla I. M. Johnston - Iri-Tig
Cardiostigma Baker - Iri-Tig
Catila Ravenna = Calydorea Herbert - Iri-Tig
Chamaeiris* Medikus = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Chamelum Philippi = Olsynium Rafinesque - Iri-Sys
Chamoletta Adanson = Xiphion* Miller = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Chasmanthe N. E. Brown - Cro-Ix
Chasmatocallis R. C. Foster = Lapeirousia Pourret - Cro-Wat
Chlamydostylus Baker = Nemastylis Nuttal - Iri-Tig
Cipura Aublet - Iri-Tig
Cleanthe Salisbury = Aristea Aiton - Ari
Cobana Ravenna - Iri-Tig
Codonorhiza Golblatt & Manning - Cro-Wat
Colima = Tigridia de Jussieu - Iri-Tig
Coresantha Alefeld = Juno* Trattinnick = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Costia Wilkomm = Juno* Trattinnick = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Crocanthus Klatt = Crocosmia Planchon - Cro-Ix
Crociris Schur = Crocus L.- Cro-Ix

Crocosmia Planchon - Cro-Ix
Crocus L. - Cro-Ix
Cyanixia Golblatt & Manning - Cro-Wat
Cryptobasis* Nevski = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Cunonia Miller = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Curtonus N. E. Brown = Crocosmia Planchon - Cro-Ix
Cypella Herbert - Iri-Tig

Deluciris Gil & Kovo ?= Pseudotrimezia R. C. Foster - Iri-Tri
Devia Goldblatt & J. C. Manning - Cro-Ix
Diasia de Candolle Melasphaerula Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Dichone Salisbury = Ixia L.
Dielsiris* M. B. Crespo, Martínez Azorín & Mavrodiev = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Dierama K. Koch - Cro-Ix
Dietes Klatt - Iri-Iri
Diplarrena Labillardière = Diplarrhena Labillardière - Iri-Dip
Diplarrhena Labillardière - Iri-Dip
Dortania A. Chevalier = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Duthiastrum M. P. de Vos - Cro-Ix
Duthiella M. P. de Vos) = Duthiastrum M. P. de Vos

Eleutherine Herbert - Iri-Tig
Engysiphon G. J. Lewis = Geissorhiza Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Ennealophus N. E. Brown - Iri-Tig
Eremiris* (Spach) Rodionenko = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Eurynotia R. C. Foster = Ennealophus N. E. Brown
Eustylis Engelman & A. Gray = Alophia Herbert
Evansia* (Alefeld) Decaisne = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Exohebea R. C. Foster = Tritoniopsis L. Bolus

Ferraria Miller - Iri-Iri
Fosteria Molseed = Tigridia de Jussieu - Iri-Tig
Freesea Ecklund = Tritonia Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Freesia Klatt - Cro-Ix

Galaxia Thunberg = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri
Gattenhofia* Medikus = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Geissorhiza Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Gelasine Herbert - Iri-Tig
Gemmingia Fabricius = Belamcanda* Adanson = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Geosiris Baillon - Geo
X Gladanthera J. M. Wright = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Gynandriris Parlatore = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri

Hebea (Persoon) R. Hedwig = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Hebea L. Bolus = Tritoniopsis L. Bolus
Hecaste Schumacher = Bobartia L. - Iri-Iri
Helixyra N. E. Brown = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri
Herbertia Sweet - Iri-Tig
Hermodactylus* Miller = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Hesperantha Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Hesperoxiphion Baker = Iri-Tig
Hewardia J. D. Hooker = Isophysis T. Moore - Iso
Hexaglottis Ventenat = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri
Homeria Ventenat = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri
Homoglossum Salisbury = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Hydrotaenia Lindley = Tigridia Jussieu
Hymenostigma Hochst. = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri
Hyptissa Salisbury = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix

Ilmu Adanson = = Romulea Maratti - Cro-Ix
Irastrum Fabricius = Xiphion* Miller = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Iridodictyum* Rodionenko = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Iridopsis Baker = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri
Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Isophysis T. Moore - Iso
Itysa Ravenna = Calydorea Herbert - Iri-Tig
Ixia L.

Joniris* (Spach) Klatt = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Juno* Trattinnick = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Junopsis* Wern. Schulze = Iris L. - Iri-Iri

Keitia Regel = Eleutherine Herbert
Kelissa Ravenna - Iri-Tig
Kentrosiphon N. E. Brown = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Klattia Baker - Niv

Lapeirousia Pourret - Cro-Wat
Larentia Klatt = Iri-Tig
Lethia Ravenna ?= Calydorea Herbert - Iri-Tig
Libertia Sprengel - Iri-Sys
Limniris* (Tausch) Rodionenko = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Lophiris* (Tausch) M. B. Crespo et al. = Iris L. - Iri-Iri

Marica Ker Gawler = Cipura Aublet - Iri-Tig
Mastigostyla I. M. Johnston - Iri-Tig
Melasphaerula Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Micranthus (Persoon) Ecklon - Cro-Wat
Montbretia de Candolle = Tritonia Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Montbretiopsis L. Bolus = Tritonia Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Morea Miller = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri

Naron Medikus = Dietes Klatt - Iri-Iri
Nemastylis Nuttal - Iri-Tig
Neomarica Sprague - Iri-Tri
Neubeckia Alefeld = Juno* Trattinnick = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Nivenia Ventenat - Niv
Nymanina Kuntze = Freesia Klatt - Cro-Ix

Oenostachys Bullock = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Olsynium Rafinesque - Iri-Sys
Ona Ravenna = Olsynium Rafinesque - Iri-Sys
Onira Ravenna = Cypella Herbert - Iri-Tig
Ophioiris (Y. T. Zhao) Rodionenko = Chamaeiris* Medikus = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Ophiolyza Salisbury = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Orthrosanthus Sweet - Iri-Sys

Pahalnium Burmann f. = Melasphaerula Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Pardanthopsis* (Hance) Lenz = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Pardanthus Ker Gawler = Belamcanda* Adanson = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Patersonia R. Brown - Pat
Paulomagnusia Kunze = Thereianthus G. J. Lewis - Cro-Wat
Petamenes J. W. Loudon = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Phaeiris* (Spach) M. B. Crespo et al. = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Phaianthes Rafineque = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri
Phaiophleps Rafinesque = Olsynium Rafinesque - Iri-Sys
Phalocallis Herbert = Cypella Herbert - Iri-Tig
Pillansia L. Bolus - Cro-Wat
Plantia Herbert = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri
Pseudiris Chukr & A. Gil ?= Trimezia Herbert - Iri-Tri
Pseudotrimezia R. C. Foster - Iri-Tri
Psilosiphon Golblatt & Manning = Afrosolen Goldblatt & Manning - Cro-Wat

Radinosiphon N. E. Brown - Cro-Ix
Ranisia Salisbury = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Rheome Goldblatt = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri
Rigidella Lindley = Tigridia de Jussieu - Iri-Tig
Rochea Salisbury = Geissorhiza Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Rodionenkoa* M. B. Crespo et al. = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Roggeveldia Goldblatt = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri
Romulea Maratti - Cro-Ix
Roterbe Klatt = Calydorea Herbert - Iri-Tig

Salpingostylis Small- Iri-Tig
Savannosiphon Goldblatt & Marais - Cro-Wat Schizorhiza Golblatt & Manning - Cro-Wat Schizostylis Backhuisen & Harvey = Hesperantha Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Sclerosiphon* Nevski = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Sessilanthera Molseed & Cruden = Tigridia de Jussieu - Iri-Tig
Sessilistigma Goldblatt = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri
Siphonostylis* Wern. Schulze = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Sisyrinchium L. - Iri-Sis
Solenomelus Miers - Iri-Sis
Sparaxis Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Spatalanthus Sweet = Romulea Maratti - Cro-Ix
Sphaeospora J. W. Loudon = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Sphaerospora Klatt = Geissorhiza Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Spathocarpus P. & K. = Spathicarpus Klatt = Sisyrinchium L.
Sphenostigma Baker = Gelasine Herbert - Iri-Tig
Streptanthera Sweet = Sparaxis Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Sympa Ravenna = Herbertia Sweet - Iri-Tig
Symphydolon Salisbury = Gladiolus L. - Cro-Ix
Symphyostemon Klatt = Olsynium Rafinesque - Iri-Sys
Synnotia Sweet = Sparaxis Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Syrianthus* M. B. Crespo et al. = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Syringodea J. D. Hooker - Cro-Ix

Tamia Ravenna = Calydorea Herbert - Iri-Tig
Tanaosolen N. E. Brown = Tritoniopsis L. Bolus - Cro-Tri
Tapeinia Jussieu - Iri-Sis
Tectiris* M. B. Crespo et al. = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Thelysia Parlatore = Juno* Trattinnick = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Thereianthus G. J. Lewis - Cro-Wat
Tigridia de Jussieu - Iri-Tig
Trichonema Ker Gawler = = Romulea Maratti - Cro-Ix
Trifurcia Herbert = Herbertia Sweet - Iri-Tig
Trimezia Herbert - Iri-Tri
Tritonia Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Tritoniopsis L. Bolus - Cro-Tri
Tritonixia Klatt = Tritonia Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Tucma Ravenna = Ennealophus N. E. Brown - Iri-Tig

Vieusseuxia Delaroche = Moraea Miller - Iri-Iri

Waitzia Reichenbach = Tritonia Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Watsonia Miller - Cro-Wat Weihea Eklund = Geissorhiza Ker Gawler - Cro-Ix
Witsenia Thunberg - Niv

Xenoscapa (Goldblatt) Goldblatt & Manning - Cro-Ix
Xiphion* Miller = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Xyridion (Tausch) Fourreau = Chamaeiris* Medikus = Iris L. - Iri-Iri

Zhaoanthus* M. B. Crespo et al. = Iris L. - Iri-Iri
Zygella S. Moore = Cypella Herbert - Iri-Tig
Zygotritonia Mildbraed - Cro-Wat

For synonymy, see in part Goldblatt et al. (1998) and Goldblatt and Manning (2008, 2020), for Iris s.l., see Crespo et al. (2015, 2024), segregates recognized there indicated with an asterisk above, and for Trimezieae, see Lovo et al. (2018).