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Syringodea
Genus of flowering plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Quick Facts Syringodea, Scientific classification ...
Syringodea | |
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Syringodea longituba | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Subfamily: | Crocoideae |
Tribe: | Croceae |
Genus: | Syringodea Hook.f. |
Type species | |
Syringodea pulchella | |
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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