Iridaceae

Genera 69 Accepted species 2,600 Documented here 929 Coverage 36%

We document 929 of the 2,600 accepted species in Iridaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 58 of 69

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Gladiolus 127 295
Moraea 112 232
Iris 91 332
Romulea 54 121
Babiana 53 94
Sisyrinchium 49 211
Crocus 45 252
Geissorhiza 45 106
Ixia 41 100
Watsonia 33 54
Aristea 23 60
Hesperantha 18 89
Tritonia 18 30
Dierama 15 43
Tritoniopsis 14 23
Bobartia 13 17
Lapeirousia 13 28
Libertia 12 17
Tigridia 12 62
Freesia 10 16
Sparaxis 10 16
Nivenia 9 11
Trimezia 9 77
Ferraria 8 18
Olsynium 8 19
Thereianthus 7 11
Codonorhiza 6 7
Patersonia 6 26
Orthrosanthus 5 9
Syringodea 5 7
Crocosmia 4 9
Cypella 4 37
Dietes 4 6
Micranthus 4 7
Nemastylis 4 5
Calydorea 3 21
Chasmanthe 3 3
Cipura 3 8
Herbertia 3 10
Alophia 2 6
Diplarrena 2 2
Ennealophus 2 6
Klattia 2 3
Mastigostyla 2 28
Solenomelus 2 2
Xenoscapa 2 3
Duthiastrum 1 1
Gelasine 1 8
Geosiris 1 3
Hesperoxiphion 1 5
Isophysis 1 1
Melasphaerula 1 1
Phalocallis 1 1
Pillansia 1 1
Radinosiphon 1 2
Salpingostylis 1 1
Schizorhiza 1 1
Witsenia 1 1

Genera we do not yet document 11 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.