Syringodea
Genus of flowering plants
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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]
| Syringodea | |
|---|---|
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| Syringodea longituba | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crocoideae |
| Tribe: | Croceae |
| Genus: | Syringodea Hook.f. |
| Type species | |
| Syringodea pulchella | |
The genus name is derived from the Greek word syrinx, meaning "pipe", and alludes to the long perianth tube.[3]
Species
Six species are accepted.[4]
- 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. (unplaced) - Eastern Cape
- Syringodea saxatilis M.P.de Vos - Western Cape
Formerly placed here
- Afrocrocus unifolius (Goldblatt) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning (as Syringodea unifolia Goldblatt)
