iris family
Iridaceae
Iridaceae is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises, meaning rainbow, referring to its many colours. There are 66 accepted genera with a total of c. 2244 species worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016). It includes a number of other well known cultivated plants, such as freesias, gladioli and crocuses.
7 branches of this family, most-observed first
Iridoideae
subfamilyIridoideae
Crocoideae
subfamilyCrocoideae
Capeblues
subfamilyAristeoideae
Patersonioideae
subfamilyPatersonioideae
Blue Flags
subfamilyNivenioideae
Isophysidoideae
subfamilyIsophysidoideae
Geosiridoideae
subfamilyGeosiridoideae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Iridaceae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47781.