This 1997 volume provided the first comprehensive survey of this group of plants since publication of The Genus Iris by W. R. Dykes.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contributors; Preface; Illustration acknowledgements; 1. The Iris in history Charles Lyte; 2. Cultivation and the great Genus Peter Maynard; 3. Chromosomes and the Genus Iris J. R. Ellis; 4. Identification guide for plants as received; 5. Subgenus Iris: the Bearded Irises Nigel Service and Martyn Rix; 6. Subgenus Limniris: the Beardless Irises Christopher Brearley, J.R. Ellis, Christopher Grey-Wilson, V. A. Dickson-Cohen, Sidney Linnegar, Marian Bowley, Anne Blanco White, Ofer Cohen, Aaron Davis and Stephen Jury; 7. Subgenus Nepalensis (Dykes) Clive Innes; 8. Subgenus Xiphium (Miller) Spach Brian Matthew; 9. Subgenus Hermodactyloides Spach (the Reticulata Irises) William R. Killens; 10. I. pariensis Welsh 1986 J. W. Waddick; References; Select bibliography; Glossary; Maps William R. Killens; Line drawings Christabel King; Colour plates; Index of Iris species; Index of species names from other classifications.