Iris subg. Limniris

Subgenus Limniris is one subgenus of beardless irises, which don't have hair on their drooping sepals, also called their falls.

Beardless Iris
Iris sibirica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: Iris subg. Limniris
(Tausch) Spach
Series

See text.

'Limniris' is derived from the Latin for marsh or living-in-lakes iris,[1] or pond iris. This 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's 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 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. 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 978-0715305393.
  6. Wilson, Carol A. (November 2004). "Phylogeny of Iris based on chloroplast matK gene and trnK intron sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33 (2): 402–412. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.06.013. PMID 15336674.
  7. Rina Kamenetsky, Hiroshi Okubo (Editors)Geophytes: From Basic Science to Sustainable Production&pg=PA24 5B-ucdbgA3wC, p. 24, at Google Books

Sources
  • The Iris, by Brian Mathew, Batsford, 1989, 256 pages, 38 colour photos, 32 b/w photos, 16 illustrations, ISBN 0-7134-6039-3

External list

Data related to Iris sect. Limniris at Wikispecies

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