Iris subg. Limniris

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Subgenus of flowering plants

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::summary Subgenus of flowering plants ::

|name = Beardless iris |image = Iris sibirica 060603.jpg |image_caption = Iris sibirica |taxon = Iris subg. Limniris |authority = (Tausch) Spach |subdivision_ranks = Series |subdivision = See text. |}} 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, or pond iris. This refers to the fact that most species can be grown in moist habitats for part of the year.

It was originally described by Tausch in Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch (Deutsche Botaniker) in 1841. Édouard Spach made changes 1846 in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. (Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique).

It was divided into sections, 'Limniris', which is further divided down to about 16 series, and 'Lophiris' (also known as 'Evansias' or crested iris). They are both polyphyletic. It has 45 species, which are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.

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.

Various authors have tried to classify the list in various ways. It is still undergoing study and variations.

Taxonomy

Section ''Limniris''

(listed alphabetically) 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

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)

Section ''Lophiris''

Otherwise known as 'Evansias' or crested iris.

References

Sources

  • The Iris, by Brian Mathew, Batsford, 1989, 256 pages, 38 colour photos, 32 b/w photos, 16 illustrations,

External list

References

  1. "Subgenus Limniris (Limniris) - Marsh, or living in lakes Iris". flower-iris.ru.
  2. (12 January 2012). "Subgenus Limniris". wiki.irises.org (American Iris Society).
  3. (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.
  4. "Iris subg. Limniris (Tausch) Spach". gbif.org.
  5. Stebbings, Geoff. (1997). "The Gardener's Guide to Growing Irises". David and Charles.
  6. Wilson, Carol A.. (November 2004). "Phylogeny of Iris based on chloroplast matK gene and trnK intron sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
  7. Rina Kamenetsky, Hiroshi Okubo (Editors){{Google books. Ornamental Geophytes: From Basic Science to Sustainable Production. 5B-ucdbgA3wC

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