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Ixioideae
Crocoideae is one of the major subfamilies in the family Iridaceae. It contains plants which are widely distributed in the Old World, mainly in Africa, but there are species like some members of the genera ''Romulea'' and ''Gladiolus'' which are native to Europe and Asia. Some examples are ''Romulea bulbocodium'', ''Romulea columnae'' and ''Gladiolus italicus''. Like the rest of Iridaceae, the members of the subfamily have the typical sword-shaped leaves. The rootstock is usually a corm. The blooms which sometimes have scent are collected in inflorescence and contain six tepals. The nectar is produced mostly in the base of the bloom from the glands of the ovary, which is where the flower forms a tube-like end. In some species there is no such end and the plant only provides pollen to pollinating insects. The ovary is 3-locular and many-seeded, the appearance of the testa varying widely between the different genera: sometimes fine and delicate, as in the case of ''Gladiolus'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladiolus
''Gladiolus'' (from Latin, the diminutive of ''gladius'', a sword) is a genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). It is sometimes called the 'sword lily', but is usually called by its generic name (plural ''gladioli''). The genus occurs in Asia, Mediterranean Europe, South Africa, and tropical Africa. The center of diversity is in the Cape Floristic Region.Goldblatt, P. &, J.C. Manning. ''Gladiolus'' in Southern Africa : Systematics, Biology, and Evolution. Fernwood Press, Cape Town; 1998. The genera ''Acidanthera'', ''Anomalesia'', ''Homoglossum'', and ''Oenostachys'', formerly considered distinct, are now included in ''Gladiolus''. Description Gladioli grow from round, symmetrical corms (similar to crocuses) that are enveloped in several layers of brownish, fibrous tunics. Their stems are generally unbranched, producing 1 to 9 narrow, sword-shaped, longitudinal grooved leaves, enclosed in a sheath. The lowest leaf is shortened to a catap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crocus Aleppicus
''Crocus aleppicus'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Crocus'' of the family Iridaceae, that is found from West Syria to the Palestine region The region of Palestine, also known as historic Palestine, is a geographical area in West Asia. It includes the modern states of Israel and Palestine, as well as parts of northwestern Jordan in some definitions. Other names for the region i .... References aleppicus Plants described in 1873 {{Iridaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babiana
''Babiana'' ()''Sunset Western Garden Book'', 1995:606–607 is a genus of geophytes in the family Iridaceae with 93 recognized species . The leaves consist of a stalk and a blade that are at an angle to each other. The leaf blades are entire, laterally flattened and pleated, and often hairy. Each individual flower is subtended by two hairy or smooth bracts that are green in most species. The outer bract is often the largest of the two. In most species the bracts have a dry, brown tip, but in a few species it is entirely green or entirely dry when flowering or the outer bract is translucent and has a papery texture. The inner bract (between the flower and the stem) is forked or split all the way to its base. Each flower is without a pedicel, with six tepals that are merged at their base into a tube and form a perianth that is mirror-symmetrical in most species, with three anthers implanted where the perianth tube widens and that are, in almost every species, clustered at one side o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pillansia
''Pillansia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1914. It contains only one known species, ''Pillansia templemannii'', endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. The genus name is a tribute to the South African botanist Neville Stuart Pillans, who brought the species to the attention of Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus ''née'' Kensit (31 July 1877, Burgersdorp – 5 April 1970, Cape Town) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, and the longtime curator of the Bolus Herbarium, from 1903. Bolus also has the legacy of author .... References Iridaceae Monotypic Iridaceae genera Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker Taxa named by Louisa Bolus {{Iridaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micranthus
''Micranthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa. The genus name is derived from the Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ... words ''micro'', meaning "small", and ''anthos'', meaning "flower". ; Species * '' Micranthus alopecuroides'' (L.) Eckl., Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon: 43 (1827) * '' Micranthus plantagineus'' Eckl., Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon: 43 (1827) * '' Micranthus tubulosus'' (Burm.f.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 133 (1929) References Iridaceae genera Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Iridaceae {{Iridaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapeirousia
''Lapeirousia'' is a genus in the plant family Iridaceae. It is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, about a third of the species occurring in fynbos. Origin of genus name The genus ''Lapeirousia'' was described by Pierre André Pourret in Mém. Acad. Sci. Toulouse 3 : 79 (1788); Bak. In FC. 6 : 88 (1896) in part; Goldblatt in Contrib. Bol. Herb. 4 : 1 (1972); Sölch & Roessl. in FSWA. 155 : 6 (1969). Chasmatocallis Foster in Contrib. Gray Herb. 127 : 40 (1939).Dyer, R. Allen, “The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants”. , 1975 He named the genus in honour of his friend, the botanist Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse. The inconsistent spellings of that name no doubt led to the original genus name being spelt "Lapeirousia" and contributed to various subsequent misspellings of the genus in various reference sources, notably "Lapeyrousia".Chittenden, Fred J. Ed., Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, Oxford 1951 There also has been confusion leading to unfoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyanixia
''Cyanixia'' is a genus of plants in the Iridaceae, first described in 2003. It contains only one known species, ''Cyanixia socotrana'', a perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plant species endemic to the Island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen.Goldblatt, J. C. Manning, J. Davies, V. Savolainen and S. Rezai (2003)''Cyanixia'', a new genus for the Socotran endemic ''Babiana socotrana'' (Iridaceae–Crocoideae).Edinburgh Journal of Botany, 60, pp 517-532 The genus name is derived from Greek words ''Ixia'', referring to the radially symmetrical flowers in the genus of that name, as well as ''cyanos'', meaning "blue". The species was for many years considered a member of the South African genus ''Babiana ''Babiana'' ()''Sunset Western Garden Book'', 1995:606–607 is a genus of geophytes in the family Iridaceae with 93 recognized species . The leaves consist of a stalk and a blade that are at an angle to each other. The leaf blades are entire, la ...'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codonorhiza
''Codonorhiza'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. It is endemic to the southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O .... Species: *'' Codonorhiza azurea'' *'' Codonorhiza corymbosa'' *'' Codonorhiza elandsmontana'' *'' Codonorhiza falcata'' *'' Codonorhiza fastigiata'' *'' Codonorhiza micrantha'' *'' Codonorhiza pillansii'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q98162882 Iridaceae Iridaceae genera Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Taxa named by Peter Goldblatt Taxa named by John Charles Manning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrosolen
''Afrosolen'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae Iridaceae () is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the Iris (plant), irises. It has a nearly global distribution, with 69 accepted genera with a total of about 2500 species. It includes a number of economically importan .... Its native range is Nigeria to Eritrea and Southern Africa. Species: *'' Afrosolen abyssinicus'' *'' Afrosolen avasmontanus'' *'' Afrosolen bainesii'' *'' Afrosolen coeruleus'' *'' Afrosolen erongoensis'' *'' Afrosolen erythranthus'' *'' Afrosolen gracilis'' *'' Afrosolen masukuensis'' *'' Afrosolen otaviensis'' *'' Afrosolen rivularis'' *'' Afrosolen sandersonii'' *'' Afrosolen schimperi'' *'' Afrosolen setifolius'' *'' Afrosolen teretifolius'' *'' Afrosolen zambesiacus'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q97289692 Iridaceae Iridaceae genera Taxa named by Peter Goldblatt Taxa named by John Charles Manning Flora of the Afrotropical r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watsonieae
Watsonieae is the second largest tribe in the subfamily Crocoideae (which is included in the family Iridaceae) and named after the best-known genus in it — '' Watsonia''. The members in this group are widely distributed in Africa, mainly in its southern parts. The species in this tribe sometimes have the typical sword-shaped leaves of the family Iridaceae, but sometimes, like in '' Lapeirousia pyramidalis'' or ''Lapeirousia divaricata'', they have different morphologies. The rootstock is a corm. The flowers are arranged in inflorescences and sometimes are scented. The flowers have six tepals which are identical in the most cases or have small differences. The ovary is 3-locular. '' Watsonia'' is often used for ornamental purposes. The other genera have ornamental potential but are less well known. List of genera Genera: * ''Cyanixia'' * ''Lapeirousia'' * ''Micranthus'' * ''Pillansia'' * ''Savannosiphon'' * ''Thereianthus ''Thereianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tritoniopsis (plant)
''Tritoniopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1926. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa. The genus name refers to the African genus '' Tritonia'' and is combined with the Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ... word ''opsis'', meaning "look-alike". ; Species References Iridaceae Iridaceae genera Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Taxa named by Louisa Bolus {{Iridaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
