Taxon: Iris domestica Goldblatt & Mabb.

Common names:

• belamcanda   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 as Belamcanda chinensis)
  
• blackberry-lily   (Source: Dict Rehm as Belamcanda chinensis)
  
• flor-leopardo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 as Belamcanda chinensis)
  
• iris tigre   (Source: UPOV as Belamcanda chinensis)
  
• leopard-lily   (Source: Dict Gard as Belamcanda chinensis)
  
• Leopardenblume   (Source: UPOV as Belamcanda chinensis)
  
• maravilla   (Source: Dict Rehm as Belamcanda chinensis)
  
• mariposa   (Source: UPOV as Belamcanda chinensis)
  
• shenan   (Source: Nat Medicines 49:373 as Belamcanda chinensis)
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard, as Belamcanda chinensis; China FlEncy, as Belamcanda chinensis)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Nat Medicines 49:373-382. 1995, as Belamcanda chinensis; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):148. 1999, as Belamcanda chinensis; CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Belamcanda chinensis; Herbs Commerce ed2, as Belamcanda chinensis)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Primorye
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India; Nepal
  Indo-China: Myanmar; Vietnam
  Malesia: Philippines

References:

• Goldblatt, P. & D. J. Mabberley. 2005. Belamcanda included in Iris, and the new combination I. domestica (Iridaceae: Irideae). Novon 15:128–132.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [= Belamcanda chinensis].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2) [= Belamcanda chinensis].
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm) [= Belamcanda chinensis].

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Synonyms:

• (=) Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.
  (previously associated with 9 accessions)
• (=) Belamcanda punctata Moench
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Gemmingia chinensis (L.) Kuntze
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Ixia chinensis L.
  

Check other databases for Iris domestica Goldblatt & Mabb.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Iris domestica cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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