Trimezia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Trimezia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Trimezia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Trimezia
Trimezia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to the warmer parts of southern Mexico, Central America, South America, Florida, and the West Indies. Trimezia is placed in the tribe Trimezieae. The division of the tribe into genera has varied considerably. In one approach, it contains only the genus Trimezia, which then includes the genera Neomarica, Pseudotrimezia and Pseudiris. In other approaches, two to five genera are recognized, sometimes also including the genus Deluciris.
The English names walking iris, apostle's iris and apostle plant have been used for many species, regardless of the generic placement (e.g. for Trimezia gracilis, syn. Neomarica gracilis). New plantlets form at the end of the flower spikes; after flowering, the spikes fall over and a new plant grows, so the plant "walks". Names including "apostle" refer to the incorrect belief that plants do not flower until 12 or more leaves are present.
...Trimezia in languages:
- Chinese
- 黄扇鳶尾屬
- Chinese
- 馬蝶花屬
- Chinese
- 新瑪麗雅屬
- English
- Walking Irises
- English
- Apostle Plant
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Neomarica decora
- Neomarica itatiaica
- Trimezia altivallis
- Trimezia brachypus
- Trimezia candida
- Trimezia castaneomaculata
- Trimezia cathartica
- Trimezia caulosa
- Trimezia chimantensis
- Trimezia coerulea
- Trimezia fosteriana
- Trimezia glauca
- Trimezia gracilis
- Trimezia juncifolia
- Trimezia longifolia
- Trimezia lutea
- Trimezia martinicensis
- Trimezia northiana
- Trimezia portosecurensis
- Trimezia recurvata
- Trimezia rupestris
- Trimezia sabini
- Trimezia sergipensis
- Trimezia sobolifera
- Trimezia spathata
- Trimezia speciosa
- Trimezia steyermarkii
- Trimezia variegata
- Trimezia violacea






























































































































































