Iris subg. Limniris


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, or pond iris. This refers to the fact that most species can be grown in moist habitats for part of the year.
It was originally described by Tausch in Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch in 1841. Édouard Spach made changes 1846 in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot..
It was divided into sections, 'Limniris', which is further divided down to about 16 series, and 'Lophiris'. They are both polyphyletic.
It has 45 species, which are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.
It is a group that has been recognized with few changes since Dykes's 1913 monograph on the genus Iris. Lawrence, Rodionenko and then Mathew all tried to modify the group.

Various authors have tried to classify the list in various ways. It is still undergoing study and variations.

Taxonomy

Section ''Limniris''


Section Limniris
Series Californicae Pacific Coast irises
Series Chinenses
  • Iris henryi Baker
  • Iris koreana Nakai
  • Iris minutoaurea Makino
  • Iris odaesanensis Y.N.Lee
  • Iris proantha Diels
  • Iris rossii Baker
  • Iris speculatrix Hance
Series Ensatae
  • Iris lactea Pall.
Series Foetidissimae
Series Hexagonae
Series Laevigatae

Series Longipetalae

Series Prismaticae

  • Iris prismatica Pursh ex Ker-Gawl. -
Series Ruthenicae
  • Iris ruthenica Ker-Gawl.
  • Iris uniflora Pall.
Series Sibiricae

  • Iris bulleyana Dykes
  • Iris chrysographes - Black iris
  • Iris clarkei Baker
  • Iris delavayi Micheli
  • Iris forrestii Dykes
  • Iris sanguinea Hornem. ex Donn - Blood iris, ayame
  • Iris sibirica - Siberian iris
  • Iris typhifolia Kitag.
  • Iris wilsonii C.H.Wright
Series Spuriae
  • Iris brandzae Prod.
  • Iris crocea Jacquem. ex R.C.Foster
  • Iris graminea L.
  • Iris halophila Pall.
  • *Iris halophila var. sogdiana Grubov
  • Iris kerneriana Asch. & Sint.
  • Iris ludwigii Maxim.
  • Iris notha M.Bieb.
  • Iris orientalis Mill. -
  • Iris pontica Zapal.
  • Iris pseudonotha Galushko
  • Iris sintenisii Janka
  • Iris spuria - Blue iris
  • *Iris spuria subsp. carthaliniae B.Mathew
  • *Iris spuria subsp. demetrii B.Mathew
  • *Iris spuria subsp. maritima P.Fourn.
  • *Iris spuria subsp. musulmanica Takht.
  • Iris xanthospuria B.Mathew & T.Baytop
Series Syriacae

  • Iris grant-duffii Baker
  • Iris masia Foster
Series Tenuifoliae

  • Iris anguifuga Y.T.Zhao & X.J.Xue
  • Iris bungei Maxim.
  • Iris cathayensis Migo
  • Iris farreri Dykes
  • Iris kobayashii Kitag.
  • Iris loczyi Kanitz
  • Iris qinghainica Y.T.Zhao
  • Iris songarica Schrenk
  • Iris tenuifolia Pall.
  • Iris ventricosa Pall.
Series Tripetalae

  • Iris hookeri Penny -
  • Iris setosa Pallas ex Link -
  • Iris tridentata Pursh -
Series Unguiculares
  • Iris lazica Albov
  • Iris unguicularis Poir.
Series Vernae

Section ''Lophiris''

Otherwise known as 'Evansias' or crested iris.
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