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Taxon:  Tritonia crocata (L.) Ker Gawl.



Summary
Genus:
Tritonia
Family:
Iridaceae
Subfamily:
Ixioideae
Tribe:
Ixieae
Nomen number:
40653
Place of publication:
Bot. Mag. 16: sub t. 581. 1802
Verified:
07/10/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ixia crocata L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ixia hyalina L. f.
Tritonia hyalina (L. f.) Baker
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. Flora of New Zealand. 1961-
  3. de Vos, M. P. 1982. The African genus Tritonia Ker-Gawler (Iridaceae): Part 1. J. S. African Bot. 48:132-135.
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  5. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  6. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  7. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  8. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  9. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
English
flame-freesia –
orange tritonia –
tritonia –
German
safranfarbige Tritonie –
Swedish
kaplilja –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaWestern Cape 
2Cultivated     
3AdventiveAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
3AdventiveEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Eastern Cape, Western Cape]
Cultivated ()
Adventive
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40653. Accessed 22 July 2025.


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