Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Iris tuberosa in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 40.
today: The current name for this species is Iris tuberosa L.
original Latin diagnosis
Iris corollis imberbibus, foliis tetragonis.
English translation
Iris with corollas beardless; [and] with leaves four-sided.
| Iris | Iris |
| with corollas | corollis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun corolla, -ae |
| beardless; | imberbibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective imberbis, -is, -e; modifies corollis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| tetragonous. | tetragonis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective tetragonus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |