Iridaceae

Plants

83 genera · 2947 species in the Library

About

Iridaceae is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises. It has a nearly global distribution, with 69 accepted genera with a total of about 2500 species. It includes a number of economically important cultivated plants, such as species of Freesia, Gladiolus, and Crocus, as well as the crop saffron.

Summary from Wikipedia

Iris

410 species

Gladiolus

351 species

Crocus

282 species

Moraea

248 species

Sisyrinchium

214 species

Ixia

138 species

Romulea

132 species

Geissorhiza

112 species

Babiana

103 species

Hesperantha

96 species

Trimezia

80 species

Tigridia

65 species

Watsonia

64 species

Aristea

61 species

Dierama

44 species

Tritonia

44 species

Cypella

39 species

Lapeirousia

31 species

Mastigostyla

28 species

Patersonia

26 species

Tritoniopsis

23 species

Calydorea

21 species

Freesia

21 species

Sparaxis

20 species

Ferraria

19 species

Olsynium

19 species

Libertia

17 species

Bobartia

16 species

Afrosolen

15 species

Nivenia

12 species

Thereianthus

12 species

Herbertia

11 species

Orthrosanthus

11 species

Crocosmia

10 species

Nemastylis

10 species

Gelasine

9 species

Cipura

8 species

Dietes

8 species

Micranthus

8 species

Codonorhiza

7 species

Geissorrhiza

7 species

Syringodea

7 species

Zygotritonia

7 species

Alophia

6 species

Ennealophus

6 species

Hesperoxiphion

5 species

Chasmanthe

4 species

Witsenia

4 species

Diplarrena

3 species

Eleutherine

3 species

Geosiris

3 species

Klattia

3 species

Larentia

3 species

Phalangium

3 species

Sisyrenchium

3 species

Xenoscapa

3 species

Lethia

2 species

Radinosiphon

2 species

Salpingostylis

2 species

Solenomelus

2 species

Tilesia

2 species

Afrocrocus

1 species

Aglaea

1 species

Anomaza

1 species

Beilia

1 species

Bulbocodium

1 species

Cobana

1 species

Cyanixia

1 species

Devia

1 species

Diplarrhena

1 species

Duthiastrum

1 species

Iridinium

1 species

Irites

1 species

Isophysis

1 species

Melasphaerula

1 species

Petamenes

1 species

Phalocallis

1 species

Pillansia

1 species

Savannosiphon

1 species

Schizorhiza

1 species

Solenomeles

1 species

Tapeinia

1 species

Xyphidium

1 species