Zygotritonia

Zygotritonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Crocoideae
Genus:	Zygotritonia Mildbr.^[1]
Type species
Zygotritonia bongensis (Pax) Mildbraed
Species
see text

Zygotritonia is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Iris family (Iridaceae). It contains four species distributed in Tropical 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]

Species

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

Zygotritonia bongensis (Pax) Mildbr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 230 (1923). West Tropical Africa to Socotra.
Zygotritonia hysterantha Goldblatt, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, IV, 11: 208 (1989). Central African Republic.
Zygotritonia nyassana Mildbr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 231 (1923). Western Tanzania to Zambia.
Zygotritonia praecox Stapf, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 32: t. 3120 (1933). Western Tropical Africa, Western Ethiopia.

References

↑ Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 230 (1923).
↑ Goldblatt, Peter; John Manning (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.
↑ 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.
↑ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 120–123. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.
↑ Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. World Checklist of Monocotyledons: Zygotritonia. Accessed May 16, 2009.

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