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Iridoideae is one of the two main subfamilies in the popular family Iridaceae. It contains the best-known genus - Iris. The members of this subfamily are widely distributed worldwide. They grow in all continents except Antarctica. Iris milesii. They produce typical sword-shaped leaves and have mainly corms or rhizomes.
Iridaceae (/ ɪ r ɪ ˈ d eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /) is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises.It has a nearly global distribution, with 69 accepted genera with a total of c. 2500 species.
Iris is the largest genus of the family Iridaceae with up to 300 species – many of them natural hybrids. [15] Plants of the World Online lists 310 accepted species from this genus as of 2022. [1] Modern classifications, starting with Dykes (1913), have subdivided them. Dykes referred to the major subgroupings as sections.
Irideae is a tribe included in the well-known family Iridaceae. It contains many species in five genera which are widely distributed in the Old World . The tribe derives its name from Iris , which is the largest genus of the tribe.
Dietes is a genus of six rhizomatous plant species of the iris family Iridaceae, first described collectively in 1866. Common names for the different species include wood iris, fortnight lily, African iris, Japanese iris and butterfly iris.
Close-up of the flower, showing the yellow hairs of the 'beard' This is the largest section of the subgenus, the true bearded irises. Most irises come from Southern or eastern Europe. [2] '
The iridoid ring scaffold is synthesized, in plants, by the enzyme iridoid synthase. [5] In contrast with other monoterpene cyclases, iridoid synthase uses 8-oxogeranial as a substrate.
Trimezia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to the warmer parts of southern Mexico, Central America, South America, Florida, and the West Indies. [2] Trimezia is placed in the tribe Trimezieae. The division of the tribe into genera has varied considerably.