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The Iridaceae are perennial herbs from rhizomes, bulbs or corms comprising about 80 genera and 1,500 species. The leaves are distichous and have a sheathing, equitant base and a generally ensiform or linear blade with parallel venation.
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www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/irid.htm
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Iridaceae are currently divided into four subfamilies (P. Goldblatt 1990, 1991). Subfamily Isophysidoideae Takhtajan is monotypic, comprising the Tasmanian Isophysis T. Moore with a superior ovary. Only subfamily Iridoideae is native in North America.
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www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=104...
www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10452
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Herbs perennial (or shrubs or annuals), with rhizomes, bulbs, or corms. Leaves alternate, often 2-ranked, often oriented edgewise to aerial stem, usually sword-shaped to linear, parallel veined, base sheathing. ... 16. Iridaceae A. L. Jussieu ... Iridaceae sp. (Xiangying Wen)
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www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=104...
www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=10452
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Plants in this family are perennial herbs with underground storage organs of rhizomes, bulbs, or corms. They have adventitious roots and sword-shaped leaves that overlap each other transversely at the base. The latter feature is unique to this family. ... Other features include: ... 3 stamens, and a single pistil...
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www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/HCS300/iris.htm
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Iridaceae are best represented in southern Africa, especially the winter-rainfall region in the southwest. Other centres of diversity are temperate South and Central America (several small genera) and the Mediterranean (Iris and Crocus).
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www.plantzafrica.com/planthij/iridaceae.htm
www.plantzafrica.com/planthij/iridaceae.htm
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Description of Iridaceae Juss., generated from a DELTA database. ... The Families of Flowering Plants ... Including Gladiolaceae Rafin., Hewardiaceae Nak., Isophysidaceae Takhtajan, Spathaceae Dulac...
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delta-intkey.com/angio/www/iridacea.htm
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Inflorescence sometimes a spike or reduced to a solitary flower, more often of monochasial, umbellate cymes, each enclosed in 2 opposed bracts (spathes) and termed a rhipidium, which may be solitary and terminal or numerous and ... bracts 1 to several. ... They were treated in FRPS but are not described in this account.
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flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/volume24/IRIDACEAE.publ...
flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/volume24/IRIDACEAE.published.pdf
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Plant of the Week: Belamcanda chinensis; Blackberry Lily; Iridaceae; ... Belamcanda chinensis or Blackberry Lily derives its name from the clusters of shiny black seeds exposed when seed capsules split open. Even though it is called a lily it is actually in the Iris family. Fan-shaped leaves will reach 2 to 3 feet.
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www.plantoftheweek.org/week099.shtml
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The Iridaceae are easily recognized vegetatively because the leaves of the Iridaceae are oriented edgewise to the stem. They are simple, alternate, folded and overlapping one another at the base and aligned in two rows.
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montana.plant-life.org/families/Iridaceae.htm
montana.plant-life.org/families/Iridaceae.htm
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