Iridaceae
Family in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Distribution
© Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)
Iris Family
Perennial herbs with rhizomes, bulbs or corms. Inflorescence either (1) composed of rhipidia enclosed in leafy to dry bracts (spathes) or (2) consisting of a spike or (3) with flowers solitary. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, with 2 whorls of petaloid tepals which are usually showy and may be free or, more usually, partly united into a perianth tube. Stamens 3. Ovary inferior, 3-lo... © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)
See more in the Encyclopedia of Life... Definition
- Taxonomic Completion
3.75%
3 of 80 accepted Genera- Global Pollen Project UUID
- 4ab5f2cc-7f1e-42e6-ab9d-b94cbe64849c
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility