Iris subg. Limniris

Beardless Iris
Iris sibirica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Irideae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: Limniris
(Tausch) Spach
Series

See text.

Subgenus Limniris is one subgenus of beardless irises, which don't have hair 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. Which 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 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

(going alphabetically)

Section Limniris (going inalphabetical order)

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

  1. ↑ "Subgenus Limniris (Limniris) - Marsh, or living in lakes Iris". flower-iris.ru. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Subgenus Limniris". wiki.irises.org (American Iris Society). 12 January 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 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" (pdf). rua.ua.es. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Iris subg. Limniris (Tausch) Spach". gbif.org. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Stebbings, Geoff (1997). The Gardener's Guide to Growing Irises. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. pp. 16–18. ISBN 0715305395.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Carol A. (November 2004). "Phylogeny of Iris based on chloroplast matK gene and trnK intron sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 402–412. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.06.013. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  7. 1 2 Rina Kamenetsky, Hiroshi Okubo (Editors)Ornamental Geophytes: From Basic Science to Sustainable Production&pg=PA24 5B-ucdbgA3wC, p. 24, at Google Books

Other sources

External list

Data related to Iris sect. Limniris at Wikispecies

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