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Tritoniopsis triticea

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

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Tritoniopsis triticea flowering in late summer on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Tritoniopsis triticea flowering in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Tritoniopsis triticea

Tritoniopsis triticea

Tritoniopsis triticea flowering in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

The Table Mountain Beauty butterfly (Aeropetes tulbaghia), pollinating Tritoniopsis triticea in summer on Table Mountain, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]