# Irideae

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

'''Irideae''' is a tribe included in the well-known family [Iridaceae](/source/Iridaceae). It contains many species in five genera which are widely distributed in the [Old World](/source/Old_World). The tribe derives its name from ''[Iris](/source/Iris_(plant))'', 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](/source/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](/source/rhizome) or [corm](/source/corm). Only two subgenera of ''[Iris](/source/Iris_(plant))'' have [bulb](/source/bulb)s. These are ''[Xiphium](/source/Iris_subg._Xiphium)'' and ''[Hermodactyloides](/source/Hermodactyloides)''.

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

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

* ''[Bobartia](/source/Bobartia)''
* ''[Dietes](/source/Dietes)''
* ''[Ferraria](/source/Ferraria)''
* ''[Iris](/source/Iris_(plant))''
* ''[Moraea](/source/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>
}}

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Category:Iridaceae
Category:Asparagales tribes

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