Dictionary of Terms/Index of Topics

Below is a list of links to definitions and topic areas. Click on word for more information. Individual cultivars and species are found by a search of all webs in Main Menu. As with everything in the Iris Encyclopedia (wiki) this constantly under construction and improvement. To add topics go to the end of this list, you will also find a listing of topic pages names (their wiki words)

A

• Abbreviations, glossary of commonly used
• Acutilobae
• Afiliated Local Club Websites; on AIS Website
• African Iris
• AIS (American Iris Society);
  • AIS Fall Board Meetings; upcoming on AIS Website
  • AIS Foundation Website
  • AIS Insurance Certificates
  • AIS Regional Website List on AIS Website
  • AIS Storefront on AIS Website
• Apogon
• American Dykes Medal
• Amoenas
• Aril Iris;
  • cultivation of Oncocyclus;
• Arilbred Iris;
  • cultivation of Aril Irises
• Arilmedian
• Aril Society International
• Artistic Design
• Asparagales
• Australian Iris Society
• Australian Dykes
• Awards
  • American Iris Society Awards System
    • Awards 2002; Awards 2003; Awards 2004; Awards 2005; Awards 2006; Awards 2007; Awards 2008; Awards 2009; Awards 2010; Awards 2011
  • Arthur J. Nelson Award
  • Cups: Ben Hager Cup; Franklin Cook Cup; President's Cup; Walther Cup
  • Honorary (to people)
    • List of AIS Gold Medal Winners
    • List of Distinguished Service Awards
    • List of Hybridizer Awards
    • List of Warburton Medals
  • Garden Awards;
    • Award Of Merit;
    • High Commendation
    • Honorable Mention;
  • Medals:
    • The Caparne-Welch Medal for best Miniature Dwarf Bearded,
    • The Cook-Douglas Medal for best Standard Dwarf Bearded,
    • The Debaillon Medal for best Louisiana Iris,
    • The Eric Nies Medal for best Spuria,
    • The Founders of SIGNA Medal for best species cultivar,
    • The Knowlton Medal for best Border Bearded,
    • The Mitchell Medal for best Pacific Coast Native,
    • The Mohr Medal for best quarter Arilbred,
    • The Morgan-Wood Medal for best Siberian,
    • The Payne Medal for best Japanese,
    • The Randolph-Perry Medal for best Species Cross,
    • The Sass Medal for best Intermediate Bearded,
    • The White Medal for best aril or arilbred,
    • The Williamson-White Medal for best Miniature Tall-bearded,
    • The Wister Medal for best Tall Bearded Iris.
  • International Awards; French International; Italian, Premio firenze;
  • Show Awards

B

• Belamcanda
• Ben Hager Cup
• Bicolors
• Books
• Border Bearded Iris
• Borers
• Botanical Classification
• Brevituba
• British Iris Society
• Broken Color
• Bronze Medal of AIS; About Medal
  • 2011 Winners of; posted on AIS Website
  • 2010 Winners of; Posted on AIS Website
• Bulbs
• Bulletin of AIS; Index to Bulletins
• Bylaws of AIS (2003) on AIS Website

C

• Californicae
• The Caparne-Welch Medal for best Miniature Dwarf Bearded,
• Checklists
• Caespitosae
• Cal-sibe
• Chinenses
• Classification;
  • Botanical Classification
    • Treatment by Dykes, 1914
    • Treatment by Lawrence/Randolph, 1959
    • Treatment by Mathew, 1989
  • Horticultural Classification
• Classroom Iris Project Website
• Color Charts; RHS, Ridgeway
• Color Classification;
  • Amoenas; Glaciatas; Luminatas; Neglectas; Plicatas; Reverse Amoenas; Selfs; Squalens; Variegatas
• Color Codes
• Commercial Iris directory, on AIS Website
• Conventions;
  • AIS Convention Handbook on AIS Website
  • List of AIS Fall Conventions;
• Cook Cup
• The Cook-Douglas Medal for best Standard Dwarf Bearded,
• Cultivar
• Cultivation;
  • of Aril & Arilbreds
  • of bearded Irises
  • of Japanese Irises
• Cultural Problems; Borers; Crown Rot; Fungus; Pests; Scorch; Soft Rot;

D

• The Debaillon Medal for best Louisiana Iris,
• Design; Artistic floral,
• Digital Iris Programs on AIS Website
• Directions En francais
• Distinguished Service Awards
• Dwarf Iris; See Miniature Dwarf Bearded or Standard Dwarf Bearded
  • Dwarf Iris Society
• Dykes Medal
  • American Dykes Medal;
  • Australian/NewZealand Dykes Medal;
  • British Dykes Medal;
  • French Dykes
• Dykes's Iris Monograph

E

• Ensatae
• The Eric Nies Medal for best Spuria,
• Eupogon
• Exhibitions also see Shows;
  • Exhibition Reports on AIS Website;
  • List of Exhibition Certificates issued 2011 on AIS Website
  • List of Exhibition Certificates issued 2010 on AIS website

F

• Fall Board Meetings AIS on AIS website
• Family; Iridaceae
• Flounced
• Flowers
  • Color classes
  • Parts of Flower
    • Evolution of;
    • Floral structure of Spuria
  • Shapes; Extrapetaled Flowers; Flat Flowers; Flounced; Horned Iris; Laced Flowers; Magnolia Flowered; Spooned;
• Foetidissimae
• Foliage
  • Golden Foliage; Purple-based Foliage; Variegated Foliage;
• Foundation of AIS, Website
• The Founders of SIGNA Medal for best species cultivar,
• Franklin Cook Cup

G

• Garden:
  • Judging;
  • Uses in the; Alpine House; Container gardens; Perennial borders; Rock Gardens; Sand Beds; Shade Gardens; Trough Gardens; Water gardens
• Gardens:
  • Display Gardens
    • AIS
  • National Collections
  • Public Iris Displays
• Genus: Iris;
  • Belamcanda; Hermodactylus; Pardanthopsis
• Giants
• Glaciatas
• Gold Medal (AIS): AIS Gold Medal Winners

H

• Hager Cup
• Hermodactyloides
• Hermodactylus
• Hexagonae
• Hexapogon
• Historic Irises
• History of American Iris Society: History of AIS on AIS Website
  • List of Conventions of
  • List of Presidents of
• Honorary awards;
  • AIS Gold Medal Winners
  • Distinguished Service Awards
  • Hybridizer Awards
  • Warburton Medals
• Horned Iris
• Horticultural Classification
• Humiles
• Hybridizers;
  • Hybridizer Awards
  • Hybridizers, list of;
• Hybridizing;
  • Hybridizing Spuria Irises, by Niswonger
• Hybrids;

I

• Ibericae
• Index to Bulletins of AIS on AIS Website
• Insurance Certificates for AIS
• Intermediate Bearded Iris
• Iridaceae
• Iris: Genus Iris; Section Iris; Subgenus Iris
• Iris Register on AIS Website
• Iris Websites; listed on AIS Website

J

• Japanese Iris
• Job Descriptions of AIS offices
• List of Judges

K

• The Knowlton Medal for best Border Bearded,

L

• Laevigatae
• Limniris; Subgenus Limniris; Section Limniris
• Local Clubs Websites, listed on AIS Website
• Longipetalae
• Lophiris
• Louisiana Iris
• Luminatas

M

• Medals AIS Sectional Medals
  • The Caparne-Welch Medal for best Miniature Dwarf Bearded,
  • The Cook-Douglas Medal for best Standard Dwarf Bearded,
  • The Debaillon Medal for best Louisiana Iris,
  • The Eric Nies Medal for best Spuria,
  • The Founders of SIGNA Medal for best species cultivar,
  • The Knowlton Medal for best Border Bearded,
  • The Mitchell Medal for best Pacific Coast Native,
  • The Mohr Medal for best quarter Arilbred,
  • The Morgan-Wood Medal for best Siberian,
  • The Payne Medal for best Japanese,
  • The Randolph-Perry Medal for best Species Cross,
  • The Sass Medal for best Intermediate Bearded,
  • The White Medal for best aril or arilbred,
  • The Williamson-White Medal for best Miniature Tall-bearded,
  • The Wister Medal for best Tall Bearded Iris.
• Dykes Medals:
  • American Dykes
  • Australian/NewZealand Dykes
  • British Dykes
• Median Iris Society
• Micropogon
• Miniature Dwarf Iris;
  • Dwarf Iris Society
  • Registrations & Introductions by year; 2010
• Miniature Tall Bearded Iris
• The Mitchell Medal for best Pacific Coast Native,
• The Mohr Medal for best quarter Arilbred,
• Monographs (on Iris)
• Monolepis
• The Morgan-Wood Medal for best Siberian,

N

• Neglectas
• Novelty Iris;
  • Broken Color
  • Extrapetaled Flowers
  • Flat Flowers
  • Flounced or Spooned Iris
  • Giants
  • Horned Iris]
  • Laced Flowers
  • Magnolia Flowered
  • Variegated Foliage;

O

• Oncocyclus
• Operations Manual of AIS
• Order;
  • Asparagales

P

• Pacific Coast Native Iris
• Paradoxae
• Pardanthopsis
• The Payne Medal for best Japanese,
• Phenology
• Photo Contest on AIS Website
• Phylogeny
• Plicatas
• Popularity Polls
• Presentations; on AIS Website
• President's Cup
• Presidents of AIS
• Premio Firenze, International Competition in Florence
• Prismaticae
• Psammiris
• Pseudatas
• Pseudoregelia

R

• The Randolph-Perry Medal for best Species Cross,
• Regelia
• Regeliocyclus
• Registration of Iris; on AIS Website
• Regional Websites Listed on AIS Website
• Reverse Amoenas
• Rhizomes
• Ribbons: Blue Ribbon of AIS; Red Ribbon of AIS;
• Ruthenicae
• RVP Handbook on AIS Website

S

• The Sass Medal for best Intermediate Bearded,
• Scorch
• Section;
  • Brevituba; Caeaspitosae; Hermodactyloides; Iris; Limniris; Lophiris; Micropogon; Monolepis; Oncocyclus; Psammiris; Pseudoregelia; Regelia;
• Seeds:
  • Germination of
  • Sources/Seed Exchanges
  • Types of Seeds
• Selfs
• Series;
  • Acutilobae; Californicae; Chinenses; Ensatae; Foetidissimae; Hexagonae; Humiles; Ibericae; Laevigatae; Longipetalae; Paradoxae; Prismaticae; Ruthenicae; Sibiricae; Spuriae; Syriacae; Tenuifoliae; Tripetalae; Unguiculares
• Shows
  • Show Awards;
• Siberian Iris
• Sibiricae
• Sino-Siberian
• Slide Programs; about on AIS Website
• Soft Rot
• Sources for Iris, on AIS Website
• Species Iris see also Iris species
• Spooned
• Spuria Iris
  • Floral structure (flower parts)
  • Transplanting Spurias
• Spuriae
• Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
• Storefront of AIS; on AIS Website
• Subgenus; Subgenus Iris; Subgenus Limniris
• Symposia, International Iris;
  • France 192?; Italy 19??; St.Louis, USA, 1993; New Zealand, 19??; Rome, Italy, YYYY; Czech Republic, YYYY; Moscow, YYYY
• Symposium (AIS):
  • 2009; 2010; 2011;
• Syriacae

T

• Tall Bearded Iris
• Tenuifoliae
• Tripetalae

U

• Unguiculares

V

• Variegatas
• Variegated Foliage

W

• List of Warburton Medals
• Walther Cup
• The White Medal for best aril or arilbred,
• The Williamson-White Medal for best Miniature Tall-bearded,
• The Wister Medal for best Tall Bearded Iris

X

• Xiphium

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Y

• Youth Protection Policy Guidelines on AIS Website
• Youth Website

Z

• Zephyranthes

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