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{{Short description|Tribe of flowering plants}}
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|image = Olhodetigre.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Dietes bicolor]]''
|taxon = Irideae
|authority = Kitt.
|subdivision_ranks = Genera
|subdivision = See text
}}
[[File:Iris milesii I IMG 6615.jpg|right|thumb|''[[Iris milesii]]'' ]]
'''Irideae''' is a tribe included in the well-known family [[Iridaceae]]. It contains many species in five genera which are widely distributed in the [[Old World]]. The tribe derives its name from ''[[Iris (plant)|Iris]]'', which is the largest genus of the tribe.
The blooms, borne in an inflorescence and often scented, have six petals, these being identical only in the genus ''[[Ferraria]]''. The ovary is 3-locular and contains seeds which are usually circular and pellet-like. Members of the tribe bear typically sword-shaped leaves and the rootstock is usually [[rhizome]] or [[corm]]. Only two subgenera of ''[[Iris (plant)|Iris]]'' have [[bulb]]s. These are ''[[Iris subg. Xiphium|Xiphium]]'' and ''[[Hermodactyloides]]''.
Many of the species are popular ornamental plants, but many are threatened with extinction.
List of genera:<ref name="GoldblattRodriguez2008"/>
* ''[[Bobartia]]''
* ''[[Dietes]]''
* ''[[Ferraria]]''
* ''[[Iris (plant)|Iris]]''
* ''[[Moraea]]''
==References==
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<ref name="GoldblattRodriguez2008">{{cite journal|last1=Goldblatt|first1=Peter|last2=Rodriguez|first2=Aaron|last3=Powell|first3=M. P.|last4=Davies|first4=Jonathan T.|last5=Manning|first5=John C.|last6=van der Bank|first6=M.|last7=Savolainen|first7=Vincent|title=Iridaceae 'Out of Australasia'? Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Divergence Time Based on Plastid DNA Sequences|journal=Systematic Botany|volume=33|issue=3|year=2008|pages=495–508|issn=0363-6445|doi=10.1600/036364408785679806}}</ref>
}}
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[[Category:Iridaceae]]
[[Category:Asparagales tribes]]