Sisyrinchieae is the second largest tribe in the subfamily

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 prod ...

. The group is included 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 ...

. It contains many perennials which are widely distributed in the

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. 3 ...

. The leaves of the

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 exclud ...

s are sword-shaped or grass-like. The blooms appear in an inflorescence and have six

tepals 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 ...

, which in most cases are identical, but in some genera like '' Diplarrena'' or ''

Libertia ''Libertia'' is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1824.

,'' may differ. The ovary is 3-locular containing small seeds. The members are sometimes used as ornamental

s. Some are endangered and endemic to specific regions but many are naturalized, including some species of '' Sisyrinchium'', in the

Old World The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe , after Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, which were previously thought of by the ...

and elsewhere. ;List of genera *''

Libertia ''Libertia'' is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1824.

'' *'' Olsynium'' *''

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: un ...

'' *'' 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 that is not divided and ...

'' *'' Tapeinia''

References

Asparagales tribes {{Iridaceae-stub