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Sisyrinchieae
Sisyrinchieae is the second largest tribe in the subfamily Iridoideae. The group is included in the family Iridaceae. It contains many perennials which are widely distributed in the New World. The leaves of the plants are sword-shaped or grass-like. The blooms appear in an inflorescence and have six tepals, which in most cases are identical, but in some genera like '' Diplarrena'' or ''Libertia,'' may differ. The ovary is 3-locular containing small seeds. The members are sometimes used as ornamental plants. Some are endangered and endemic to specific regions but many are naturalized, including some species of '' Sisyrinchium'', in the Old World and elsewhere. ;List of genera *''Libertia'' *'' Olsynium'' *''Orthrosanthus'' *'' Sisyrinchium'' *''Solenomelus ''Solenomelus'' is a genus of South American (Argentina & Chile) species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. They are very closely allied to Sisyrinchium with rhizomes, flowers with a perianth tube and a style t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisyrinchieae
Sisyrinchieae is the second largest tribe in the subfamily Iridoideae. The group is included in the family Iridaceae. It contains many perennials which are widely distributed in the New World. The leaves of the plants are sword-shaped or grass-like. The blooms appear in an inflorescence and have six tepals, which in most cases are identical, but in some genera like '' Diplarrena'' or ''Libertia,'' may differ. The ovary is 3-locular containing small seeds. The members are sometimes used as ornamental plants. Some are endangered and endemic to specific regions but many are naturalized, including some species of '' Sisyrinchium'', in the Old World and elsewhere. ;List of genera *''Libertia'' *'' Olsynium'' *''Orthrosanthus'' *'' Sisyrinchium'' *''Solenomelus ''Solenomelus'' is a genus of South American (Argentina & Chile) species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. They are very closely allied to Sisyrinchium with rhizomes, flowers with a perianth tube and a style t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libertia
''Libertia'' is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1824.Sprengel, Curt Polycarp Joachim 1824. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta 1: 127 in Latin It is native to , Australia, , and . Eight species are |
Iridoideae
Iridoideae is one of the two main subfamilies in the popular family Iridaceae. It contains the best-known genus - '' Iris''. The members of this subfamily are widely distributed worldwide. They grow in all continents except Antarctica. They produce typical sword-shaped leaves and have mainly corms or rhizomes. There are some exceptions which have bulbs. These are two subgenera of ''Iris'' - '' Xiphium'' and '' Hermodactyloides''. The blooms, which are often scented, are arranged in often terminal inflorescences. Each flower has six petals. In most cases three of them are separated from the others and are specialized in different functions. However some are not, as in ''Nemastylis''. Nectar is produced in their base. In some of the species the stamens are partially fused with the petals. The 3-locular seed capsule contains the seeds which are often circular, flat in some cases drop-like grains coloured black or sometimes orange ('' Iris pseudacorus''). The species in the subfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Members of this family are perennial plants, with a bulb, corm or rhizome. The plants grow erect, and have leaves that are generally grass-like, with a sharp central fold. Some examples of members of this family are the blue flag and yellow flag. Name and history The family name is based on the genus ''Iris'', the largest and best known genus in Europe. This genus dates from 1753, when it was coined by Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus. Its name derives from the Greek goddess, Iris, who carried messages from Olympus to earth along a rainbow, whose colours were seen by Linnaeus in the multi-hued petals of many of the species. The family is current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olsynium
''Olsynium'' is a genus of summer- dormant rhizomatous perennial flowering plants in the iris family Iridaceae, native to sunny hillsides in South America and western North America. Douglas, G.W., Meidinger, D. & Penny, J.L. (2002). Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia , ed. 2: 1-358. Province of British Columbia. Description Height is tall. Leaves are linear, long and broad. Flowers are bell-shaped, with six white, pink, or lilac tepals, and bloom from late winter to spring. Etymology The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''ol'', meaning "a little", and ''syn-'', meaning "joined", referring to the stamens., in Taxonomy The taxon ''Olsynium'' was formerly considered as part of the genus '' Sisyrinchium''. The following species are recognised in the genus ''Olsynium'':Search for "Olsynium", * '' Olsynium acaule'' (Klatt) Goldblatt - Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina * '' Olsynium andinum'' (Phil.) Ravenna - central Chile, Neuquén Province in Arge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthrosanthus
''Orthrosanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1827. It native to Australia, Mexico, Central and South America.Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas: una sinopsis florística 6: 43-59. Mexico City : Consejo Nacional de la Flora de Mexico. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''orthros'', meaning "morning", and ''anthos'', meaning "flower". They are known commonly as morning irises. Description These are rhizomatous perennial herbs. The linear to sword-shaped leaves are arranged in a layered fan. The flowers are usually blue, except in one white-flowered species. This genus is closely related to the genus ''Libertia''. The flowers are very similar, but ''Libertia'' flowers are usually white. ; Species * ''Orthrosanthus acorifolius'' (Kunth) Ravenna - Colombia, Venezuela * ''Orthrosanthus chimboracensis'' (Kunth) Baker - Chiapas, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solenomelus
''Solenomelus'' is a genus of South American (Argentina & Chile) species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. They are very closely allied to Sisyrinchium with rhizomes, flowers with a perianth tube and a style that is not divided and a single capitate stigma. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''solen'', meaning "tube", and ''melos'', meaning "member". ; Species * '' Solenomelus pedunculatus'' (Gillies ex Hook.) Hochr. - northern + central Chile * '' Solenomelus segethi'' (Phil.) Kuntze Kuntze is a surname of German origin. People with that name include: * Carl Kuntze (1922-2006), Dutch rower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics * Edward J. Kuntze (1826-1870), Prussian-born American sculptor * Otto Kuntze (1843-1907), German ...Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 309 1898 - central Chile, southern Argentina References Sisyrinchieae Iridaceae genera Flora of South America {{Iridaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapeinia
''Tapeinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the 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 include .... The genus name is derived from the Greek word ''tapeinos'', meaning "low". References Sisyrinchieae Iridaceae genera {{Iridaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libertia Chilensis
''Libertia chilensis'', synonym ''Libertia formosa'', called the New Zealand satin flower, snowy mermaid, or Chilean-iris, is a species of flowering plant in the iris family, Iridaceae, native to the Juan Fernández Islands, central and southern Chile, and southern Argentina. It can also be found growing wild in the San Francisco Bay Area and San Bernardino County in California, where it is an introduced species. A rhizomatous evergreen perennial, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Calle-Calle River in Los Ríos Region owes its name to the Mapuche The Mapuche ( (Mapuche & Spanish: )) are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who sha ... word for the plant. References chilensis Flora of the Juan Fernández Islands Flora of Chile Flora of Argentina Plants described in 1927 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New World
The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 33: "[16c: from the feminine of ''Americus'', the Latinized first name of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). The name ''America'' first appeared on a map in 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, referring to the area now called Brazil]. Since the 16c, a name of the western hemisphere, often in the plural ''Americas'' and more or less synonymous with ''the New World''. Since the 18c, a name of the United States of America. The second sense is now primary in English: ... However, the term is open to uncertainties: ..." The term gained prominence in the early 16th century, during Europe's Age of Discovery, shortly after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci concluded that America (now often called ''the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes (the archaea and bacteria). By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (Latin name for "green plants") which is sister of the Glaucophyta, and consists of the green algae and Embryophyta (land plants). The latter includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and their allies, hornworts, liverworts, and mosses. Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green color. Some plants are parasitic or mycotrophic and have lost the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tepal
A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated (i.e. of very similar appearance), as in ''Magnolia'', or because, although it is possible to distinguish an outer whorl of sepals from an inner whorl of petals, the sepals and petals have similar appearance to one another (as in ''Lilium''). The term was first proposed by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1827 and was constructed by analogy with the terms "petal" and "sepal". (De Candolle used the term ''perigonium'' or ''perigone'' for the tepals collectively; today, this term is used as a synonym for ''perianth''.) p. 39. Origin Undifferentiated tepals are believed to be the ancestral condition in flowering plants. For example, '' Amborella'', which is thought to have separated earliest in the evolution of flowering plants, has flowers with undiffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
