Irideae

{{Short description|Tribe of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Olhodetigre.jpg |image_caption = ''Dietes bicolor'' |taxon = Irideae |authority = Kitt. |subdivision_ranks = Genera |subdivision = See text }} [[File:Iris milesii I IMG 6615.jpg|right|thumb|''Iris milesii'' ]]

'''Irideae''' is a tribe included in the well-known family Iridaceae. It contains many species in five genera which are widely distributed in the Old World. The tribe derives its name from ''Iris'', which is the largest genus of the tribe.

The blooms, borne in an inflorescence and often scented, have six petals, these being identical only in the genus ''Ferraria''. The ovary is 3-locular and contains seeds which are usually circular and pellet-like. Members of the tribe bear typically sword-shaped leaves and the rootstock is usually rhizome or corm. Only two subgenera of ''Iris'' have bulbs. These are ''Xiphium'' and ''Hermodactyloides''.

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

List of genera:<ref name="GoldblattRodriguez2008"/>

* ''Bobartia'' * ''Dietes'' * ''Ferraria'' * ''Iris'' * ''Moraea''

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="GoldblattRodriguez2008">{{cite journal|last1=Goldblatt|first1=Peter|last2=Rodriguez|first2=Aaron|last3=Powell|first3=M. P.|last4=Davies|first4=Jonathan T.|last5=Manning|first5=John C.|last6=van der Bank|first6=M.|last7=Savolainen|first7=Vincent|title=Iridaceae 'Out of Australasia'? Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Divergence Time Based on Plastid DNA Sequences|journal=Systematic Botany|volume=33|issue=3|year=2008|pages=495–508|issn=0363-6445|doi=10.1600/036364408785679806}}</ref> }}

Category:Iridaceae Category:Asparagales tribes