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Genus: Tritonia
Life
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> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Iridaceae
Occurs from South Africa through to Tanzania but most of
the 28 species are found in the winter rainfall region of the Western Cape and
Namaqualand (Northern Cape).
Most species have flowers pollinated by long-tongued bees
but there are long-tubed species that are pollinated by long-proboscid flies
such as Philoliche (Tabanidae) and Moegistorhynchus (Nemestrinidae)
(Goldblatt & Manning 2000).
Publications
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de Vos, M.P. 1982. The African genus Tritonia
Ker-Gawler 1. Journal of South African Botany 48: 105-163.
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de Vos, M.P. 1983. The African genus Tritonia
Ker-Gawler 2. Journal of South African Botany 49: 347-422.
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de Vos, M.P. 1999. Ixia, Tritonia,
Crocosmia, Duthieastrum, Chasmanthe. Flora of southern Africa 7,2,
fascicle 1: 1-147.
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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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