EcoFlora - Iris

Iris
Family: Iridaceae Paul Rothrock	VPAP Gleason & Cronquist Resources JANAS 33(1) PLANT: Rhizomatous herbs. STEMS: erect, simple or branched. LEAVES: mainly basal, equitant, linear to ensiform (sword-like). FLOWERS: showy, solitary or few to many borne in paired spathe‑like bracts; perianth 6‑parted, united into a tube at base, the outer 3 tepals (sepals or falls) spreading, sometimes bearded, the inner tepals (petals or standards) erect or arching; stamens 3, opposite the sepals; style branches 3, petaloid, covering the stamens, the apex bifid, the stigmas on the abaxial surfaces. NOTES: 150 spp. N. Temperate zones, particularly Eurasian. (Greek: iris = rainbow) REFERENCES: Mason, Charles T., Jr. 2001. Iridaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 33(1). Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada Sep spreading or reflexed; pet erect or arching, in our spp. narrower and shorter than the petaloid sep; tep all united below into a perianth-tube; stamens inserted at the base of the sep; ovary 3- or 6-angled or -lobed; style divided distally into 3 petaloid branches arching over the stamens, each 2-lobed at the tip; stigma a thin plate or lip at the outer base of the 2 lobes; fr coriaceous or chartaceous, loculicidal or indehiscent; seeds in 1 or 2 rows per locule; perennial herbs with ensiform or linear lvs, our spp. with horizontal rhizomes and usually erect fl-stalks bearing 1-many fls. 200, N. Temp. Much hybridized in cult. Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp. ©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Species within checklist: Amsterdam Sloughs Wildlife Area \|\| << 1 - 50 taxa >> Iris acleantha Media not available Map not Available Iris acutiloba Media not available Map not Available Iris aitchisonii Map not Available Iris alabamensis Media not available Map not Available Iris alba Map not Available Iris albicans Map not Available Iris albilinea Media not available Map not Available Iris albispiritus Media not available Map not Available Iris alticristata Media not available Map not Available Iris amabilis Map not Available Iris amnicola Media not available Map not Available Iris aphylla Map not Available Iris arenaria Map not Available Iris atrocyanea Map not Available Iris atroenantha Media not available Map not Available Iris aucheri Media not available Map not Available Iris auralata Media not available Map not Available Iris aurilinea Media not available Map not Available Iris bakeriana Map not Available Iris bicolor Map not Available Iris bifurcata Media not available Map not Available Iris bismarckiana Media not available Map not Available Iris bloudowii Map not Available Iris bracteata Map not Available Iris brevicaulis Map not Available Iris brevipes Media not available Map not Available Iris bucharica Map not Available Iris californica Map not Available Iris callilopha Media not available Map not Available Iris callirhodea Media not available Map not Available Iris carolina Map not Available Iris caucasica Map not Available Iris cedreti Map not Available Iris cerasioides Media not available Map not Available Iris chamaeiris Map not Available Iris chlorolopha Media not available Map not Available Iris chrysaeola Map not Available Iris chrysographes Map not Available Iris chrysolopha Media not available Map not Available Iris chrysophoenicia Map not Available Iris chrysophylla Map not Available Iris citricristata Media not available Map not Available Iris citrina Map not Available Iris citriviola Media not available Map not Available Iris collettii Map not Available Iris confusa Map not Available Iris cristata Map not Available Iris crocea Media not available Map not Available Iris crocinubia Media not available Map not Available Iris cyanantha Media not available Map not Available