Biology:Iris subg. Limniris
| Beardless iris | |
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| Iris sibirica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Subgenus: | Iris subg. Limniris (Tausch) Spach |
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Subgenus Limniris is one subgenus of beardless irises, which don't have hairs on their drooping sepals, also called their falls.
'Limniris' is derived from the Latin for marsh or living-in-lakes iris,[1] or pond iris. This refers to the fact that most species can be grown in moist habitats for part of the year.[2]
It was originally described by Tausch in Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch (Deutsche Botaniker) in 1841.[3] Édouard Spach made changes 1846 in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. (Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique).[4]
It was divided into sections, 'Limniris', which is further divided down to about 16 series, and 'Lophiris' (also known as 'Evansias' or crested iris).[5] They are both polyphyletic.[6] It has 45 species, which are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.[3]
It is a group that has been recognized with few changes since Dykes's 1913 monograph on the genus Iris. Lawrence (1953), Rodionenko (1987) and then Mathew (1989) all tried to modify the group.[7]
Various authors have tried to classify the list in various ways. It is still undergoing study and variations.[7]
Taxonomy
Section Limniris
(listed alphabetically)
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Series Californicae Pacific Coast irises
Series Chinenses (from east Asia)
Series Ensatae
Series Foetidissimae
Series Hexagonae (known as the Louisiana irises)
Series Laevigatae (which includes the Japanese irises)
Series Longipetalae (Rocky Mountain or long-petaled iris)
Series Prismaticae (contains just one species from America)
Series Ruthenicae
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Series Sibiricae (Siberian irises)
Series Spuriae
Series Syriacae (species with swollen leaf bases and spiney bristles)
Series Tenuifoliae (mostly semi-desert plants)
Series Tripetalae (mostly having three petals)
Series Unguiculares
Series Vernae (contains just one species from America)
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Section Lophiris
Otherwise known as 'Evansias' or crested iris.
- Iris confusa
- Iris cristata
- Iris formosana
- Iris japonica
- Iris lacustris
- Iris latistyla
- Iris milesii
- Iris subdichotoma
- Iris tectorum (Wall iris)
- Iris tenuis (Clackamas iris)
- Iris wattii
References
- ↑ "Subgenus Limniris (Limniris) - Marsh, or living in lakes Iris". flower-iris.ru. http://flower-iris.ru/en/knigi-pro-iridariy/zaglyanut-v-knigu/61/.
- ↑ "Subgenus Limniris". wiki.irises.org (American Iris Society). 12 January 2012. http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Main/InfoClassificationSubgenusLimniris.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Crespo, Manuel B.; Alonso, Ángeles (June 2012). "(2073) Proposal to conserve the name Pseudiris Chukr & A. Gil against Pseudo-iris Medik. (Iridaceae), or to conserve Limniris against Pseudo-iris". rua.ua.es. http://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/33715/1/2012_Crespo_Alonso_Taxon.pdf.
- ↑ "Iris subg. Limniris (Tausch) Spach". gbif.org. https://www.gbif.org/species/100016332.
- ↑ Stebbings, Geoff (1997). The Gardener's Guide to Growing Irises. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. pp. 16–18. ISBN 978-0715305393. https://archive.org/details/gardenersguideto00steb.
- ↑ Wilson, Carol A. (November 2004). "Phylogeny of Iris based on chloroplast matK gene and trnK intron sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33 (2): 402–412. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.06.013. PMID 15336674.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Rina Kamenetsky, Hiroshi Okubo (Editors)Geophytes: From Basic Science to Sustainable Production&pg=PA24 5B-ucdbgA3wC, p. 24, at Google Books
Sources
- The Iris, by Brian Mathew, Batsford, 1989, 256 pages, 38 colour photos, 32 b/w photos, 16 illustrations, ISBN:0-7134-6039-3
External list
Wikidata ☰ Q6070409 entry
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