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Dietes grandiflora, commonly named fortnight lily, large wild iris, African iris [1] or fairy iris, is a rhizomatous perennial plant of the family Iridaceae with long, rigid, sword-like green leaves. This species is common in horticulture in its native South Africa , where it is often used in public gardens, beautification of commercial ...
Some references mention the species Dietes vegeta or D. vegeta variegata, springing from some confusion with Moraea vegata (which grows from a corm, not a rhizome). The name D. vegeta is commonly misapplied to both D. grandiflora or D. iridioides. The genus name is derived from the Greek words di-, meaning "two", and etes, meaning "affinities". [3]
Dietes grandiflora, or large wild iris; Dietes bicolor, or yellow wild iris; Dietes iridioides, or wild iris; Wild Iris, 2001; The Wild Iris, a 1992 poetry book by Louise Glück; Wild Iris, a 1974 art work at the Delaware Art Museum; Wild Iris, a horse, winner of the 2004 Adrian Knox Stakes
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
Freesia is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1866 by Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1886) and named after the German botanist and medical practitioner, Friedrich Freese (1795–1876).
Bignoniaceae (/ b ɪ ɡ ˌ n oʊ n i ˈ eɪ s i iː /) [3] is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales commonly known as the bignonias or trumpet vines. [4] It is not known to which of the other families in the order it is most closely related.
(1789) (nom. alt. et cons. = alternative and valid name) are a family of plants including 13 genera and ca 750 species. [3] Several former members of Clusiacae are now placed in Calophyllaceae and Hypericaceae. They are mostly trees and shrubs, [4] with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. The family is primarily tropical. [4]
Fruits including tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplant/aubergine, bell peppers and chili peppers, all of which are closely related members of the Solanaceae.. The Solanaceae (/ ˌ s ɒ l ə ˈ n eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /), [3] or the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of ...