Tritonia (flame freesia) is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family first described as a genus in 1802. They are naturally distributed across southern Africa, with a high concentration of species in Cape Province of western South Africa.[1] The genus is closely related to the genus Ixia.
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| Tritonia crocata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crocoideae |
| Tribe: | Croceae |
| Genus: | Tritonia Ker Gawl. |
| Type species | |
| Tritonia squalida (Aiton) Ker Gawl.
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Tritonia are small bulbous plants up to 80 cm, that appear in great numbers in spring. The leaves are fan-shaped. The flowers are shades of yellow, orange or brown, sweet-smelling, and give off a very strong fragrance, especially at night. They are not grazed.[2]
The genus name is derived from the Latin word triton, meaning "weathervane", and alludes to the apparently random arrangement of the stamens in some species.[3]
Cultivation
editHardiness: Zones 8–11
- Species[1]
- Tritonia atrorubens L.Bolus - Cape Province
- Tritonia bakeri Klatt - Cape Province
- Tritonia cedarmontana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cedarberg in Cape Province
- Tritonia chrysantha Fourc. - Cape Province
- Tritonia cooperi (Baker) Klatt - Cape Province
- Tritonia crocata (L.) Ker Gawl. - Cape Province
- Tritonia delpierrei M.P.de Vos - Cape Province
- Tritonia deusta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. - Cape Province
- Tritonia disticha (Klatt) Baker - South Africa, Eswatini
- Tritonia drakensbergensis M.P.de Vos - Cape Province
- Tritonia dubia Eckl. ex Klatt - Cape Province
- Tritonia flabellifolia (D.Delaroche) G.J.Lewis - Cape Province
- Tritonia florentiae (Marloth) Goldblatt - Cape Province
- Tritonia gladiolaris (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - South Africa, Lesotho; naturalized in Australia
- Tritonia kamisbergensis Klatt - Cape Province
- Tritonia karooica M.P.de Vos - Cape Province
- Tritonia lancea (Thunb.) N.E.Br. - Cape Province
- Tritonia laxifolia (Klatt) Baker - South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania
- Tritonia linearifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
- Tritonia marlothii M.P.de Vos - Cape Province
- Tritonia moggii Oberm. - Mozambique
- Tritonia nelsonii Baker - Botswana, Northern Province of South Africa
- Tritonia pallida Ker Gawl. - Cape Province
- Tritonia parvula N.E.Br. - Cape Province
- Tritonia securigera (Aiton) Ker Gawl. - Cape Province
- Tritonia squalida (Aiton) Ker Gawl. - Cape Province; naturalized in Australia
- Tritonia tugwelliae L.Bolus - Cape Province
- Tritonia undulata (Burm.f.) Baker - Cape Province
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Innes, C. (1985). The World of Iridaceae: 1-407. Holly Gare International Ltd., Ashington
- ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 186–89. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.
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