| Tritoniopsis | |
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| Tritoniopsis triticea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crocoideae |
| Tribe: | Tritoniopsideae Goldblatt & Manning |
| Genus: | Tritoniopsis L.Bolus |
| Type species | |
| Tritoniopsis lesliei | |
| Synonyms1 | |
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Tritoniopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1926. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.1 The genus name refers to the African genus Tritonia and is combined with the Greek word opsis, meaning "look-alike".2
Species
23 species are accepted.3
- Tritoniopsis afra (N.E.Br.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Tritoniopsis antholyza (Poir.) Goldblatt
- Tritoniopsis bicolor J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Tritoniopsis cinnamomea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Tritoniopsis dodii (G.J.Lewis) G.J.Lewis
- Tritoniopsis elongata (L.Bolus) G.J.Lewis
- Tritoniopsis flava J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Tritoniopsis flexuosa (L.f.) G.J.Lewis
- Tritoniopsis intermedia (Baker) Goldblatt
- Tritoniopsis lata (L.Bolus) G.J.Lewis
- Tritoniopsis latifolia G.J.Lewis
- Tritoniopsis lesliei L.Bolus
- Tritoniopsis nemorosa (E.Mey. ex Klatt) G.J.Lewis
- Tritoniopsis nervosa (Baker) G.J.Lewis
- Tritoniopsis parviflora (Jacq.) G.J.Lewis
- Tritoniopsis pulchella G.J.Lewis
- Tritoniopsis pulchra (Baker) Goldblatt
- Tritoniopsis ramosa (Klatt) G.J.Lewis
- Tritoniopsis revoluta (Burm.f.) Goldblatt
- Tritoniopsis toximontana J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Tritoniopsis triticea (Burm.f.) Goldblatt (synonym Tritoniopsis burchellii (N.E.Br.) Goldblatt)
- Tritoniopsis unguicularis (Lam.) G.J.Lewis (synonym Tritoniopsis caledonensis (R.C.Foster) G.J.Lewis)
- Tritoniopsis williamsiana Goldblatt
References
References
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 116–118. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.
- "Tritoniopsis L.Bolus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 September 2025.