Irideae

Taxobox
name = Irideae

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Dietes bicolor"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Iridaceae
subfamilia = Iridoideae
tribus = Irideae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

Irideae is a tribe included in the well-known Iridaceae family. It contains many species in five genera which are wildly distributed in the Old World. A member of the tribe is the best-known genus from the family - Iris from which it takes its name. Iris is the larger genus in the tribe.

The blooms which are often with scent and collected in inflorescence has six petals. They are identical only in the genus "Ferraria". The ovary is 3-locular and contains seeds which are usually circular and pellet-like. The members has the typical sword-shaped leaves and the rootstock is usually rhizome or corm. Only two subgenera of Iris has bulb. These are "Xiphium" and "Hermodactyloides".

Many of the species are popular ornamental plants but also many are threatened with extinction.

List of genera:

* "Dietes"
* "Ferraria"
* "Hermodactylus"
* " Iris"
* "Moraea"