Organisms

Iridaceae

A plant family of the Asparagales order. Comprised of perennial herbs with BULBS, corms, or RHIZOMES and grass-like leaves with bisexual flowers that have 2 whorls of petaloid tepals which are usually showy.

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A plant family of the Asparagales order. Comprised of perennial herbs with BULBS, corms, or RHIZOMES and grass-like leaves with bisexual flowers that have 2 whorls of petaloid tepals which are usually showy.

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  • Homeria
  • Moraea

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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.

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2002

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  1. B01w.875w.800w.575w.912w.250w.618w.100w.400w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Iridaceae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D027621. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D027621
  2. Iridaceae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridaceae
  3. Iridaceae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155941