Iris subgen. Limniris

Taxobox
name = Beardless Iris

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image_caption = "Iris sibirica"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Iridaceae
subfamilia = Iridoideae
tribus = Irideae
genus = "Iris"
subgenus = "Limniris"
subdivision_ranks = Series
subdivision = See text.

Subgenus "Limniris" is one subgenus of beardless irises, which don't have hair on their drooping sepals, also called their "fall"s.

Taxonomy

The subgenus "Limniris" is subdivided into the following sections, subsections, and series:

*section "Limniris"
**subsection "Apogon"
***series "Sibiricae" (Siberian irises)
***series "Prismaticae" ("I. prismatica")
***series "Laevigatae" (includes Japanese irises)
***series "Chinensis"
***series "Californicae" (Pacific Coast irises)
***series "Hexagonae" (Louisiana irises)
***series "Longipetalae" (Rocky Mountain or long-petaled iris)
***series "Tripetalae"
***series "Vernae" ("I. verna")
**subsection "Ensatae" ("I. biglumis")
**subsection "Tenuifoliae"
***series "Tenuifoliae"
***series "Ventricosae"
**subsection "Syriacae" ("I. grant-duffii")
*section "Unguiculares"
***series "Unguiculares"
*section "Ioniris"
***series "Ruthenicae"

References

* [http://babbage.clarku.edu/~djoyce/iris/genus.html Clark University's classification of "Iris"]