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Large family of monocotyledonous plants, comprising about 60 genera and 800 species, with underground corms, tubers or rhizomes. The leaves are long with parallel veins. The flowers are usually in spikes and often showy, and are widely grown as ornamentals. They include the iris, gladiolus, crocus and freesia.

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Anomatheca
No sub-categories 1 Sites Aristea
No sub-categories 1 Sites Belamcanda
No sub-categories 2 Sites Crocosmia
No sub-categories 1 Sites Crocus
No sub-categories 3 Sites Dierama
No sub-categories 2 Sites Dietes
No sub-categories 3 Sites Eleutherine
No sub-categories 1 Sites Ferraria
No sub-categories 1 Sites

Gladiolus
No sub-categories 1 Sites Iris
Iris pseudacorus 10 Sites Libertia
No sub-categories 1 Sites Moraea
No sub-categories 4 Sites Neomarica
No sub-categories 2 Sites Tigridia
No sub-categories 2 Sites Trimezia
No sub-categories 1 Sites Tritonia
No sub-categories 1 Sites

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The Iridaceae - Information and photographs of several species of this family which comprises of about 80 genera and 1,500 species. Description of Iridaceae - Habit and leaf form; Anatomy; Morphology; Physiology; Biochemistry; Geography. Iridaceae - The characteristics of the Iris family which may include as many as 1800 species. Seedpods of the Iridaceae Family - Information on the seedheads of members of this family with photographs of several.

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Iris
Gardening : Plants : I 44 Sites

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