Dietes iridioides

Dietes iridioides

Dietes iridioides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Iridoideae
Tribus: Irideae
Genus: Dietes
Species: Dietes iridioides
Subspecies: (2)
D. i. subsp. angolensis  – D. i. subsp. iridioides

Name

Dietes iridioides (L.) Sweet ex Klatt in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 156 (1894)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Moraea iridioides L., Mant. Pl. 1: 28. 1767.
• Homotypic
  • Dietes iridifolia Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 307. 1812, nom. superfl.
  • Ferraria blanda Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 42. 1796, nom. superfl.
  • Naron iridioides (L.) Moench, Methodus: 627. 1794.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sweet, R. 1830. Hortus Britannicus: or a catalogue of plants cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, arranged in natural orders. 2ª ed. 623 pp., London: J. Ridgway. BHL Reference page. : ed. 2: 497.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2000. World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [unavailable to the public] Reference page. 
• Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dietes iridioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 January 15. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dietes iridioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 January 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dietes iridioides. Published online. Accessed: 15 January 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Dietes iridioides in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 January 15.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dietes iridioides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Wild iris, African iris, Cape iris, Fortnight lily, Morea iris
日本語: ィエテス・イリディオイデス
中文: 肖鳶尾, 非洲鳶尾

For more multimedia, look at Dietes iridioides on Wikimedia Commons.