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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.
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.
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.
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.
Iridoideae: Tribe: Sisyrinchieae: Genus: ... Synonyms [1] Eveltria Raf. Orthrosanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a ...
Solenomelus is a genus of South American (Argentina & Chile) [1] species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae.They are very closely allied to Sisyrinchium with rhizomes, flowers with a perianth tube and a style that is not divided and a single capitate stigma.
Moraea, the Cape tulips, [2] is a genus of plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1758. The group is widespread across Africa, the Mediterranean, and central and southwestern Asia. [3] The genus name is a tribute to the English botanist Robert More. [4]