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'''''Iresine''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[amaranth]] [[family (biology)|family]], [[Amaranthaceae]].<ref name="GRIN"/> It contains 20 to 25 species, all of which are native to the [[Americas|American]] [[tropics]]. '''Bloodleaf'''<ref name="ITIS">{{cite web |url=http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20814 |title=''Iresine'' P.Br. |work=ITIS Standard Reports |publisher=Integrated Taxonomic Information System |accessdate=2010-02-24}}</ref> is a common name for those species that have colored foliage, and these are often cultivated as [[ornamental plant]]s. Some species are additives to versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca<ref>[http://www.serendipity.li/dmt/hoasca.html#tbl1 Ayahuasca Analogues]</ref>
  
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'''''Iresine''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] which have a number garden [[ornamental plant]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Amaranthaceae]]. These plants are found in the wild in tropical America, and there are between 20 and 25 [[species]]. However, only some species are usually cultivated because they have colored foliage, which is called bloodleaf.
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Iresine (Greek name for a harvest garland wound with wool: the flowers and seeds of these plants are woolly). Amarantaceae. Achyranthes. Ornamental- leaved bedding plants.
  
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Low, spreading, climbing or erect herbs or subshrubs: lvs. stalked, opposite, the margins not toothed in the domestic species: fls. very small, bracteate, in axillary or terminal panicles, perfect or imperfect (plants sometimes dioecious), the perianth of one series terete, 5- parted, with ovate-oblong segms.; stamens 5; style short or none, the stigmas 2 or 3: fr. a utriculus.—Species 20-25 in Trop. and Subtrop. Amer. Two or 3 species are in common cult, as bedding-plants, because of their highly colored lvs. and sts. The first of these to be intro. was described before the fls. were known and it was referred to Achyranthes (A. verschaffeltii), but in that genus the anthers are 2- loculed, whereas in Iresine they are 1- loculed. To gardeners they are still known as Achyranthes.
  
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*''[[Iresine angustifolia]]'' Euph.
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Because of ease of propagation, ability to withstand sun and shearing, and the bright colors, the iresines are amongst the most popular bedding - plants. Few plants are easier to grow. Stock plants are kept over winter in a cool temperature (as in a carnation house), and in February and March they are given more heat and moisture, and cut back, to get cutting wood. Cuttings root quickly in any good cutting-bed. For mass bedding, plants are usually set 6 to 10 inches apart. They will not withstand frost.
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*''[[Iresine argentata]]'' (Mart.) D. Dietr.
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*''[[Iresine diffusa]]'' Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd. (= ''Iresine celosia, Iresine celosioides, Iresine canescens, Iresine paniculata'' (L.) Kuntze'', Iresine elongata'')
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I. biemuelleri, Voss (Achyranthes biemuelleri, Haage & Schmidt), is probably a garden form of one of the above. It is a compact, dwarf grower, withstanding severe cutting: lvs. and twigs rose-carmine.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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Selected species:
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* ''[[Iresine angustifolia]]'' <small>Euph.</small> &ndash; White Snowplant
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* ''[[Iresine argentata]]'' <small>(Mart.) D.Dietr.</small> &ndash; Tropical Bloodleaf
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* ''[[Iresine diffusa]]'' <small>Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd.</small> (= ''Iresine celosia, Iresine celosioides, Iresine canescens, Iresine paniculata'' (L.) Kuntze'', Iresine elongata'') &ndash; Juba's Bush
 
** ''[[Iresine diffusa lindenii|Iresine diffusa f. lindenii]]'' (=''Iresine lindenii'')
 
** ''[[Iresine diffusa lindenii|Iresine diffusa f. lindenii]]'' (=''Iresine lindenii'')
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*''[[Iresine elatior]]''
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* ''[[Iresine elatior]]''
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*''[[Iresine flavescens]]'' Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd.
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* ''[[Iresine flavescens]]'' <small>Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd.</small> &ndash; Yellow Bloodleaf
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*''[[Iresine grandiflora]]''
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* ''[[Iresine grandiflora]]''
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*''[[Iresine herbstii]]'' Hook. ex Lindl.
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* ''[[Iresine herbstii]]'' <small>Hook. ex Lindl.</small> &ndash; Herbst's Bloodleaf
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*''[[Iresine heterophylla]]'' Standl.
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* ''[[Iresine heterophylla]]'' <small>Standl.</small> &ndash; Standley's Bloodleaf
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*''[[Iresine keyensis]]''
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* ''[[Iresine keyensis]]''
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*''[[Iresine leptoclada]]'' (Hook. f.) Henrickson et Sundberg
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* ''[[Iresine leptoclada]]'' <small>(Hook.f.) Henrickson et Sundberg</small> &ndash; Texas shrub
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* ''[[Iresine macrophylla]]'' [[R.E.Fr.]] (= ''Cruzeta celosioides'' ([[L.]]) [[M.Gómez]], ''Celosia paniculata'' [[L.]], ''Iresine celosioides'' [[L.]])  
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* ''[[Iresine macrophylla]]'' <small>[[R.E.Fr.]]</small> (= ''[[Cruzeta]] celosioides'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[M.Gómez]]</small>, ''[[Celosia]] paniculata'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small>, ''Iresine celosioides'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small>)  
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* ''[[Iresine polymorpha]]'' [[Mart.]]  
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* ''[[Iresine palmeri]]'' <small>(S.Watson) Standl.</small> &ndash; Palmer's Bloodleaf
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*''[[Iresine palmeri]]'' (S. Wats.) Standl.
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* ''[[Iresine pedicellata]]'' <small>Eliasson</small> ([[Ecuador]])
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*''[[Iresine rhizomatosa]]'' Standl.
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* ''[[Iresine polymorpha]]'' <small>[[Mart.]]</small>
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* ''[[Iresine rhizomatosa]]'' <small>Standl.</small> &ndash; Rootstock Bloodleaf<ref name="ITIS"/>
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Some members of the genus are used as additives to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink [[Ayahuasca]].<ref>[http://www.serendipity.li/dmt/hoasca.html#tbl1 Ayahuasca Analogues]</ref>
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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* {{cite book | author=Pink, A. | url=http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892|title=Gardening for the Million| year=2004 | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
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Latest revision as of 20:26, 25 March 2010


Iresine herbstii


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous
Cultivation
Features: ✓ foliage
Scientific Names

Amaranthaceae >

Iresine >


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Iresine is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.[1] It contains 20 to 25 species, all of which are native to the American tropics. Bloodleaf[2] is a common name for those species that have colored foliage, and these are often cultivated as ornamental plants. Some species are additives to versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca[3]


Read about Iresine in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Iresine (Greek name for a harvest garland wound with wool: the flowers and seeds of these plants are woolly). Amarantaceae. Achyranthes. Ornamental- leaved bedding plants.

Low, spreading, climbing or erect herbs or subshrubs: lvs. stalked, opposite, the margins not toothed in the domestic species: fls. very small, bracteate, in axillary or terminal panicles, perfect or imperfect (plants sometimes dioecious), the perianth of one series terete, 5- parted, with ovate-oblong segms.; stamens 5; style short or none, the stigmas 2 or 3: fr. a utriculus.—Species 20-25 in Trop. and Subtrop. Amer. Two or 3 species are in common cult, as bedding-plants, because of their highly colored lvs. and sts. The first of these to be intro. was described before the fls. were known and it was referred to Achyranthes (A. verschaffeltii), but in that genus the anthers are 2- loculed, whereas in Iresine they are 1- loculed. To gardeners they are still known as Achyranthes.

Because of ease of propagation, ability to withstand sun and shearing, and the bright colors, the iresines are amongst the most popular bedding - plants. Few plants are easier to grow. Stock plants are kept over winter in a cool temperature (as in a carnation house), and in February and March they are given more heat and moisture, and cut back, to get cutting wood. Cuttings root quickly in any good cutting-bed. For mass bedding, plants are usually set 6 to 10 inches apart. They will not withstand frost.

I. biemuelleri, Voss (Achyranthes biemuelleri, Haage & Schmidt), is probably a garden form of one of the above. It is a compact, dwarf grower, withstanding severe cutting: lvs. and twigs rose-carmine.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Species

Selected species:

Gallery

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References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GRIN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Iresine P.Br.". ITIS Standard Reports. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 2010-02-24.
  3. ↑ Ayahuasca Analogues

External links


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