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Tritoniopsis flava

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 > Genus: Tritoniopsis

Tritoniopsis flava Tritoniopsis flava

The critically rare Tritoniopsis flava flowering in summer in a recent burn in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Tritoniopsis flava Tritoniopsis flava

A Honey bee (Apis mellifera), collecting nectar from a flower of the critically rare Tritoniopsis flava in summer in a recent burn in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

The critically rare Tritoniopsis flava flowering in summer in a recent burn in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]