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Genus: Tritoniopsis
[= Anapalina]
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Iridaceae
The 24 species are endemic to the Western Cape and Eastern
Cape, mainly on sandstone soils in fynbos.
There are 3 main types of pollination (Goldblatt &
Manning 2000):
- Short-tubed species are pollinated mainly by
bees.
- Long-tubed species are pollinated mainly by
moths
and long-proboscid
flies.
- Red-flowered species are probably pollinated by Aeropetes
tulbaghia butterflies and
sunbirds.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Publications
- Goldblatt, P. 1981. Notes on the cytology and
distribution of Anapalina, Tritoniopsis and Sparaxis,
Cape Iridaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden
68: 562–564.
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Goldblatt, P. 1990. Status of the southern
African Anapalina and Antholyza (Iridaceae), genera based
solely on characters for bird pollination, and a new species of Tritoniopsis.
South African Journal of Botany 56: 577-582.
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Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. 2000.
Iridaceae. In: In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 623-638.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Lewis, G.J. 1959. South African Iridaceae. The
genus Tritoniopsis. Journal of South African Botany 25:
319-355.
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