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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesVos de, M.P. (1983). Flora of Southern Africa 7(2; 2): i-ix, 1-76. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture.
The genus name is derived from the Greek word syrinx, meaning "pipe", and alludes to the long perianth tube.
Species Six species are accepted. 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 (as Syringodea unifolia Goldblatt)
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