The species was first formally described by the botanist Stephan Endlicher in 1846 as part of Johann Georg Christian Lehmann 's work `` Irideae . Plantae Preissianae '' .
The species was first formally described in 1846 by the botanist Stephan Endlicher as part of the work `` Irideae Plantae Preissianae '' by Johann Georg Christian Lehmann .