Kingdom Plantae Family Iridaceae Higher classification Iridoideae | Order Asparagales Subfamily Iridoideae Rank Tribe | |
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Similar Iridoideae, Iridaceae, Nivenioideae, Asparagales, Tigridieae | ||
Mariceae is a tribe included in the Iridaceae family, Iridoideae subfamily. It's the smallest tribe in this subfamily because It contains only three closely related genera.
The species are wildly distributed only in South and Central America. A big part of the members are native to Brazil. They represents tropical plants which grows mainly in moist environments.
The rootstock is rhizome, the leaves are traditionally sword-shaped. The blooms are collected in inflorescence and contains six tepals. Three of them are different from the others. The ovary is 3-locular.
The plants has good ornamental traits but they are not very often used in cultivation. Some of them has more specific needs but some are much easier for growing. Well, sometimes these species are difficult to find.
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