Zygotritonia

Zygotritonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Crocoideae
Tribe:	Watsonieae
Genus:	Zygotritonia; Mildbr.
Type species
	Zygotritonia bongensis; (Pax) Mildbraed
Species
	See text

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]

Species[]

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

Goldblatt (2019). Northern Zambia.^[6]
Zygotritonia bongensis (Pax) Mildbr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 230 (1923). West Tropical Africa to Socotra.
Goldblatt, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, IV, 11: 208 (1989). Central African Republic.
Mildbr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 231 (1923). Western Tanzania to Zambia.
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.
^ 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.

Bibliography[]

Goldblatt, P.; Manning, J.C.; Demissew, Sebsebe; Malakasi, P.; Forest, F. (September 2016). "Relationships of the sub-Saharan African genus Zygotritonia Mildbr. (Iridaceae: Crocoideae) inferred from molecular analysis". South African Journal of Botany. 106: 5–7. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2016.05.013.

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[1] Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 230 (1923).

[G&M08-2] 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.

[Goldblatt2008-4] Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 120–123. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.

[RBG-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.

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