Tritoniopsis (plant)

Not to be confused with Tritoniopsis (gastropod).

Tritoniopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1926. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.^[1] The genus name refers to the African genus Tritonia and is combined with the Greek word opsis, meaning "look-alike".^[2]

Tritoniopsis
Tritoniopsis triticea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Crocoideae
Tribe:	Tritoniopsideae Goldblatt & Manning
Genus:	Tritoniopsis L.Bolus
Type species
Tritoniopsis lesliei L.Bolus
Synonyms[1]
Anapalina N.E.Br. Exohebea R.C.Foster Schweiggera E.Mey. ex Baker Tanaosolen N.E.Br.

Species

23 species are accepted.^[3]

• Tritoniopsis afra (N.E.Br.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
• Tritoniopsis antholyza (Poir.) Goldblatt
• Tritoniopsis bicolor J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
• Tritoniopsis cinnamomea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
• Tritoniopsis dodii (G.J.Lewis) G.J.Lewis
• Tritoniopsis elongata (L.Bolus) G.J.Lewis
• Tritoniopsis flava J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
• Tritoniopsis flexuosa (L.f.) G.J.Lewis
• Tritoniopsis intermedia (Baker) Goldblatt
• Tritoniopsis lata (L.Bolus) G.J.Lewis
• Tritoniopsis latifolia G.J.Lewis
• Tritoniopsis lesliei L.Bolus
• Tritoniopsis nemorosa (E.Mey. ex Klatt) G.J.Lewis
• Tritoniopsis nervosa (Baker) G.J.Lewis
• Tritoniopsis parviflora (Jacq.) G.J.Lewis
• Tritoniopsis pulchella G.J.Lewis
• Tritoniopsis pulchra (Baker) Goldblatt
• Tritoniopsis ramosa (Klatt) G.J.Lewis
• Tritoniopsis revoluta (Burm.f.) Goldblatt
• Tritoniopsis toximontana J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
• Tritoniopsis triticea (Burm.f.) Goldblatt (synonym Tritoniopsis burchellii (N.E.Br.) Goldblatt)
• Tritoniopsis unguicularis (Lam.) G.J.Lewis (synonym Tritoniopsis caledonensis (R.C.Foster) G.J.Lewis)
• Tritoniopsis williamsiana Goldblatt