Zygotritonia Explained

Zygotritonia is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It contains four species distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa.^{[1] [2]} The genus name is derived from the word zygomorphic (meaning bilabiate), and the apparent resemblance to some species in the genus Tritonia.^[3]

Species

The list of Zygotritonia species, with their complete name and authority, and their geographic distribution is given below.^[4]

• Zygotritonia atropurpurea Goldblatt (2019). Northern Zambia.^[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.

Bibliography

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Goldblatt, Peter . John Manning . 2008 . The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification . Portland . Timber Press . 978-0-88192-897-6.
2. 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 .
3. Book: Manning, John . Goldblatt, Peter . The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification . Timber Press . Portland, Oregon. 120–123 . 2008. 978-0-88192-897-6.
4. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. World Checklist of Monocotyledons: Zygotritonia. Accessed May 16, 2009.
5. 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. en. 124. 20–22. 10.1016/j.sajb.2019.04.016. 182781330 . 0254-6299. free.