Iridoideae

Iridoideae

Taxobox
name = Member of the subfamily



image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Iris pseudacorus"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Iridaceae
subfamilia = "Iridoideae"
subdivision_ranks = tribes
subdivision =
* "Irideae"
* "Mariceae"
* "Sisyrinchieae"
* "Tigridieae"

"Iridoideae" subfamily is one of the two main subfamilies in the popular Iridaceae family. It contains the best-known genus - "Iris". The members of this subfamily are wildly distributed all over the world. They grows in all of the continents except the frozen Antarctica.

They produces the typical sword-shaped leaves of the family. They has mainly corms or rhizomes. There are some exceptions which has bulbs. These are two subgenera of "Iris" - "Xiphium" and "Hermodactyloides".

The blooms, often with scent, are usually collected in inflorescence. One bloom contains six petals. In the most cases three of them are well separated from the others and are specialized in different functions. But sometimes They are not - like in "Nemastylis". Nectar is produced in their base. In some of the species the stamens are partially fused with these petals.

The seeds are often circular, flat in some cases drop-like grains or black (sometimes other colored such as orange) pellet-like structures. They are collected in 3-locular seed capsule.

The species in the subfamily are often used as ornamental plants like "Iris" or "Tigridia". Some of them can often be seen in the gardens or in pots. Despite that, There are members which are in danger like some subspecies of "Ferraria crispa" and "Moraea villosa".


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