Thanks! I confirmed Crocus does exist in central Asia. I can't find any Gladilous, Romulea, or Moraea outside the Mediterranean region. It's weird how abundant irids are throughout the southern hemisphere & even North America... they are even in remote places such as Greenland, Bermuda, and Hawaii..... but surprisingly lacking in Asia & Northern Europe. Sisyrinchium are apparently naturalized in UK and Japan, but are not native there. I expected to find Sisyrinchium or some other genus in Russia or Japan, or perhaps some of the Australian genera in mainland SE Asia, but nope. Nothing. I'm surprised. Thanks, Dennis in Cincinnati On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 1:09 AM, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote: > At 09:08 PM 3/16/2015, you wrote: > >> Are there any genera of Iridaceae other than Iris found in Asia or >> northern Europe? >> > > Table 1 in the Iris Family book by Goldblatt and Manning suggests: > Gladiolus, Romulea, Crocus, Moraea > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >