Zygotritonia is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It contains four species distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa.[2][3] The genus name is derived from the word zygomorphic (meaning bilabiate), and the apparent resemblance to some species in the genus Tritonia.[4]

Zygotritonia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Crocoideae
Tribe: Watsonieae
Genus: Zygotritonia
Mildbr.[1]
Type species
Zygotritonia bongensis
(Pax) Mildbraed
Species

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Species

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The list of Zygotritonia species, with their complete name and authority, and their geographic distribution is given below. [5]

References

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  1. ^ Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 230 (1923).
  2. ^ Goldblatt, Peter; John Manning (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.
  3. ^ Peter Goldblatt. 1989. Revision of the tropical African genus Zygotritonia (Iridaceae) . Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section B, Adansonia (Bull. Mus. natl. hist. nat., Sect. B, Adansonia) vol. 11, no2, pp. 199-212 ISSN 0240-8937.
  4. ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 120–123. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.
  5. ^ Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. World Checklist of Monocotyledons: Zygotritonia. Accessed May 16, 2009.
  6. ^ Goldblatt, P.; Manning, J. C.; Wightman, N.; McCleland, W. (2019-08-01). "Zygotritonia atropurpurea (Iridaceae: Crocoideae), a new local endemic species from northern Zambia of this small tropical African genus". South African Journal of Botany. 124: 20–22. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2019.04.016. ISSN 0254-6299. S2CID 182781330.

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