Tritonia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Ixieae
Genus: Tritonia
Sectiones: T. sect. Pectinatae – T. sect. Subcallosae – T. sect. Teretifoliae – T. sect. Tritonia

Species: T. atrorubens – T. bakeri – T. cedarmontana – T. chrysantha – T. cooperi – T. crocata – T. delpierrei – T. deusta – T. disticha – T. drakensbergensis – T. dubia – T. flabellifolia – T. florentiae – T. gladiolaris – T. kamisbergensis – T. karooica – T. lancea – T. laxifolia – T. linearifolia – T. marlothii – T. moggii – T. nelsonii – T. pallida – T. parvula – T. securigera – T. squalida – T. tugwelliae – T. undulata – T. undulata
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tritonia (Iridaceae) in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 03. Reference page.

Name

Tritonia Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 16: t. 581. 1802.

Lectotype species: Tritonia squalida Ker-Gawl, vide E.P.Phillips (1951), nom. illeg.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Belendenia Raf., Gard. Mag. (Loudon) 8: 245. (1832)
Tapeinia F.Dietr., Vollst. Lex. Gärtnerei Nachtr. 9: 14. 1823, nom. illeg. non Comm. ex Juss. (1789)
Tritonixia Klatt, Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 355. (1882)
Waitzia Rchb., Consp. 60. 1829, nom. illeg. non J.C.Wendl. (1808)
Heterotypic
Freesea Eckl., Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon: 30. 1827, nom. nud.
Type species: non design.
Montbretia DC., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 3: 251. (1803)
Type species: Montbretia securigera (Aiton) Redouté
Montbretiopsis L.Bolus, S. African Gard. 19: 215. (1929)
Type species: Montbretiopsis florentiae (Marloth) L.Bolus

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania.
South Tropical Africa
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia.
Southern Africa
Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References
Primary references

Ker Gawler, J.B. 1802. Botanical Magazine 16: t. 581.

Additional references

Phillips, E.P. (1951) Gen. S. African Fl. Pl., ed. 2, 218.

Links

EOL: Tritonia (Iridaceae)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Tritonia (Iridaceae). Accessed: 2020 Aug 3.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tritonia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 3. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tritonia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tritonia. Published online. Accessed: 3 Aug 2020.
Tritonia – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
The Plant List 2013. Tritonia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 3.
Tropicos.org 2020. Tritonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 3.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tritonia Ker Gawl. in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2016-02-18.

Vernacular names

English: Flame freesia
日本語: ヒメトウショウブ属
македонски: Тритонија
русский: Тритония
српски / srpski: Тритония
svenska: Kapliljesläktet

ritonia (flame freesia) is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family first described as a genus in 1802. They are naturally distributed across southern Africa, with a high concentration of species in Cape Province of western South Africa.[1] The genus is closely related to the genus Ixia.

Tritonia are small bulbous plants up to 80 cm, that appear in great numbers in spring. The leaves are fan-shaped. The flowers are shades of yellow, orange or brown, sweet-smelling, and give off a very strong fragrance, especially at night. They are not grazed.[2]

The genus name is derived from the Latin word triton, meaning "weathervane", and alludes to the apparently random arrangement of the stamens in some species.[3]
Cultivation

Hardiness: Zones 8–11

Species[1]

Tritonia atrorubens L.Bolus - Cape Province
Tritonia bakeri Klatt - Cape Province
Tritonia cedarmontana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cedarberg in Cape Province
Tritonia chrysantha Fourc. - Cape Province
Tritonia cooperi (Baker) Klatt - Cape Province
Tritonia crocata (L.) Ker Gawl. - Cape Province
Tritonia delpierrei M.P.de Vos - Cape Province
Tritonia deusta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. - Cape Province
Tritonia disticha (Klatt) Baker - South Africa, Swaziland
Tritonia drakensbergensis M.P.de Vos - Cape Province
Tritonia dubia Eckl. ex Klatt - Cape Province
Tritonia flabellifolia (D.Delaroche) G.J.Lewis - Cape Province
Tritonia florentiae (Marloth) Goldblatt - Cape Province
Tritonia gladiolaris (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - South Africa, Lesotho; naturalized in Australia
Tritonia kamisbergensis Klatt - Cape Province
Tritonia karooica M.P.de Vos - Cape Province
Tritonia lancea (Thunb.) N.E.Br. - Cape Province
Tritonia laxifolia (Klatt) Baker - South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania
Tritonia linearifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
Tritonia marlothii M.P.de Vos - Cape Province
Tritonia moggii Oberm. - Mozambique
Tritonia nelsonii Baker - Botswana, Northern Province of South Africa
Tritonia pallida Ker Gawl. - Cape Province
Tritonia parvula N.E.Br. - Cape Province
Tritonia securigera (Aiton) Ker Gawl. - Cape Province
Tritonia squalida (Aiton) Ker Gawl. - Cape Province; naturalized in Australia
Tritonia tugwelliae L.Bolus - Cape Province
Tritonia undulata (Burm.f.) Baker - Cape Province

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Innes, C. (1985). The World of Iridaceae: 1-407. Holly Gare International Ltd., Ashington
Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 186–89. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.