Sisyrinchieae is the second largest tribe in the subfamily Iridoideae. The group is included in 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 ...

. It contains many perennials which are widely distributed in the

New World The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas, and sometimes Oceania."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: ...

. The leaves of the

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

s are sword-shaped or grass-like. The blooms appear in an inflorescence and have six

tepals A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated (i.e. of ve ...

, which in most cases are identical, but in some genera like '' Diplarrena'' or ''

Libertia ''Libertia'' is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1824.

,'' may differ. The ovary is 3-locular containing small seeds. The members are sometimes used as ornamental

s. Some are endangered and endemic to specific regions but many are naturalized, including some species of ''

Sisyrinchium ''Sisyrinchium'' is a large genus of annual to perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. Native to the New World, the species are known as blue-eyed grasses. Although they are not true grasses (Poaceae), they are monocots. Several sp ...

'', in the

Old World The "Old World" () is a term for Afro-Eurasia coined by Europeans after 1493, when they became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia in the Eastern Hemisphere, previously ...

and elsewhere. ;List of genera *''

Libertia ''Libertia'' is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1824.

'' *''

Olsynium ''Olsynium'' is a genus of summer-dormancy, dormant rhizome, rhizomatous perennial plant, perennial flowering plants in the iris family (biology), family Iridaceae, native species, native to sunny hillsides in South America and western North Amer ...

'' *'' Orthrosanthus'' *''

'' *'' Solenomelus'' *'' Tapeinia''

References

Asparagales tribes {{Iridaceae-stub