? Iris family
an iris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Iridaceae
Genera
Many, see text

Iridaceae is a family of plants in Order Asparagales, taking its name from the Irises. It includes a number of other well known cultivated plants, such as the Freesia and the Crocus. An iris Downloaded from : [[1]] This image is not copyrighted and may be freely used for any purpose. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Liliopsida is the botanical name for a class. ... Families according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Agapanthus Agavaceae Alliaceae Amaryllidaceae Aphyllanthaceae Asparagaceae Asphodelaceae Asteliaceae Blandfordiaceae Boryaceae Doryanthaceae Hemerocallidaceae Hyacinthaceae Hypoxidaceae Iridaceae Ixioliriaceae Lanariaceae Laxmanniaceae Orchidaceae Ruscaceae Tecophilaeaceae Themidaceae Xanthorrhoea Xeronema Asparagales is an order of monocots which includes a number of families of non-woody plants. ... Families according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Agapanthus Agavaceae Alliaceae Amaryllidaceae Aphyllanthaceae Asparagaceae Asphodelaceae Asteliaceae Blandfordiaceae Boryaceae Doryanthaceae Hemerocallidaceae Hyacinthaceae Hypoxidaceae Iridaceae Ixioliriaceae Lanariaceae Laxmanniaceae Orchidaceae Ruscaceae Tecophilaeaceae Themidaceae Xanthorrhoea Xeronema Asparagales is an order of monocots which includes a number of families of non-woody plants. ... Species See text. ... Species Freesia corymbosa (or ) Freesia laxa Freesia (Ecklon ex Klatt) is a genus of flower belonging to the Iris family (Iridaceae). ... Species See text. ...

Members of this family are perennials, with a bulb, corm or rhizome. The plants grow erect, and have leaves that are generally grass-like, with a sharp central fold. A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ... Shallot bulbs A bulb is an underground vertical shoot that has modified leaves (or thickened leaf bases) that are used as food storage organs by a dormant plant. ... A corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (estivation). ... Ginger rhizome In botany, a rhizome is a usually-underground, horizontal stem of a plant that often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. ...

Up to 80 genera have been recognised in the family, with a total of around 1500 species, world wide. The Afrotropic ecozone, and in particular South Africa, have the greatest diversity of genera. The spice saffron comes from the stigma of the saffron crocus, Crocus sativus. The Afrotropic Ecozone is Africa south of the Sahara Desert. ... Ecozones are global divisions which have their own characteristic interplay of climatic factors, morphodynamics, soil-forming processes, living conditions for plants and animals, and production potentials for agriculture and forestry. ... Binomial name Crocus sativus L. Saffron (IPA: ) is a spice derived from the flower of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus), a species of crocus in the family Iridaceae. ... Amaryllis style and stigmas A carpel is the female reproductive organ of a flower; the basic unit of the gynoecium. ... Species See text. ...

Taxonomy

• Subfamily Crocoideae
• Subfamily Iridoideae
  • tribe Irideae
  • tribe Mariceae
  • tribe Sisyrinchieae
  • tribe Tigridieae
• Subfamily Isophysidoideae
• Subfamily Ixioideae
  • tribe Ixieae
  • tribe Pillansieae
  • tribe Watsonieae
• Subfamily Nivenioideae

Genera

• Ainea
• Alophia
• Anapalina
• Antholyza
• Aristea
• Babiana, Baboon Flower
• Barnardiella
• Belamcanda
• Bobartia
• Calydorea, Violet-lily
• Cardenanthus
• Chasmanthe, African cornflag
• Cipura
• Cobana
• Crocosmia, Montbretia
• Crocus
• Cypella
• Devia
• Dierama, Fairy-wand
• Dietes, Fortnight Lily, African Iris
• Diplarrena
• Duthiastrum
• Eleutherine
• Ennealophus
• Eurynotia
• Eustylis
• Ferraria
• Fosteria
• Freesia (syn. Anomatheca, Lapeirousia)
• Galaxia
• Geissorhiza
• Gelasine
• Geosiris
• Gladiolus
• Gynandriris
• Herbertia
• Hermodactylus
• Hesperantha
• Hesperoxiphion
• Hexaglottis
• Homeria
• Homoglossum
• Iris
• Isophysis
• Ixia, African cornlily
• Kelissa
• Klattia
• Larentia
• Lethia
• Libertia
• Mastigostyla
• Melasphaerula
• Micranthus
• Moraea
• Nemastylis
• Neomarica
• Nivenia
• Olsynium, Grasswidow
• Onira
• Orthrosanthus
• Pardanthopsis
• Patersonia
• Pillansia
• Pseudotrimezia
• Radinosiphon
• Rheome
• Roggeveldia
• Romulea
• Salpingostylis
• Savannosiphon
• Schizostylis
• Sessilanthera
• Sessilistigma
• Sisyrinchium, Blue-eyed Grass, Yellow-eyed Grass
• Solenomelus
• Sparaxis, Wandflower, Harlequin Flower
• Sphenostigma
• Sympa
• Syringodea
• Tapeina
• Thereianthus
• Tigridia Tiger Flower, Mexican Shell Flower
• Trimezia
• Tritonia
• Tritoniopsis
• Tucma
• Watsonia, Bugle-lily
• Witsenia
• Zygotritonia

Babiana is a large genus in the family Iridaceae, consisting of about 80 species. ... Belamcanda is a genus of flowering plants of the family Iridaceae. ... Species See text. ... Species see text Crocosmia J. E. Planchon 1851, is a small genus of perennial species in the iris family Iridaceae, native to grasslands in the Cape region (South Africa). ... Species See text. ... Dietes is a genus of plants of the family Iridaceae. ... Diplarrena Labill. ... Species Freesia corymbosa (or ) Freesia laxa Freesia (Ecklon ex Klatt) is a genus of flower belonging to the Iris family (Iridaceae). ... Geosiris aphylla Baillon 1890, sometimes called the earth-iris, is an unusual species in the iris family Iridaceae. ... Species About 260, see text Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword), sometimes called the sword lily, is a genus of flowering plants, iris family (Iridaceae). ... Species See text. ... The ixia is a flower commonly found in South Africa. ... Species Neomarica caerulea Neomarica candida Neomarica gracilis Neomarica guttata Neomarica humilis Neomarica imbricata Neomarica longifolia Neomarica northiana Neomarica occidentalis Neomarica rigida Neomarica sabini Neomarica sylvestris Neomarica vittata Neomarica (also Walking Iris or Apostle Plant) is a genus of plants in Family Iridaceae. ... Species See text. ... ... Species See text The Blue-eyed Grasses, genus Sisyrinchium, are a substantial group of flowering plants of the iris family, Iridaceae. ... Categories: Plant stubs | Flowers | Asparagales ... Categories: Plant stubs | Flowers | Asparagales ... Species See text The Tigridia (tiger-flowers or shell flowers) is a genus of flower in the family Iridaceae. ... Watsonia Miller Species See text A genus of plants in the iris family, subfamily Crocoideae, native to South Africa. ...

Reference

• Peter Goldblatt, Ph.D - Phylogeny and classification of Iridaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 77: 607–627. 1990.

Externe links

• Bulbsociety