Syringodea
Syringodea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1873. The entire genus is endemic to South Africa.[1][2]
| Syringodea | |
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| Syringodea longituba | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Tribe: | Croceae |
| Genus: | Syringodea Hook.f. |
| Type species | |
| Syringodea pulchella | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The genus name is derived from the Greek word syrinx, meaning "pipe", and alludes to the long perianth tube.[3]
- Species[1]
- Syringodea bifucata M.P.de Vos - Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng
- Syringodea concolor (Baker) M.P.de Vos - Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape
- Syringodea derustensis M.P.de Vos - Western Cape
- Syringodea flanaganii Baker - Eastern Cape
- Syringodea longituba (Klatt) Kuntze - Western Cape
- Syringodea pulchella Hook.f. - Eastern Cape
- Syringodea saxatilis M.P.de Vos - Western Cape
- Syringodea unifolia Goldblatt - Northern Cape, Western Cape
References
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Vos de, M.P. (1983). Flora of Southern Africa 7(2; 2): i-ix, 1-76. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture.
- Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 91–93. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.
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