Iris ensata
Species of flowering plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iris ensata, the Japanese iris[1] or Japanese water iris (Japanese: hanashōbu), formerly I. kaempferi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to Japan, China, Korea and Russia, and widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. "Japanese iris" may also refer to I. sanguinea and I. laevigata, both native to Japan.
| Iris ensata | |
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| Iris ensata (Edo-nishiki) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Subgenus: | Iris subg. Limniris |
| Section: | Iris sect. Limniris |
| Series: | Iris ser. Laevigatae |
| Species: | I. ensata |
| Binomial name | |
| Iris ensata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Iris kaempferi Siebold ex Lem. | |