Tripteris

Tripteris is a genus of African plants in the pot marigold tribe within the daisy family.[3]

Tripteris
Tripteris vaillantii Decne., Wadi Ghuweir, Jordan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Calenduleae[1]
Genus:	Tripteris Less. 1831, conserved name not Thunb. 1817 (Malpighiaceae)
Synonyms[2]
Osteospermum subg. Tripteris (Less.) Norl.

Some authors have classified as a Tripteris subgenus of Osteospermum, but more recent studies support separating it as a distinct genus.[4]

Species[1]

• Tripteris afromontana (Norl.) B.Nord.
• Tripteris aghillana DC.
• Tripteris amplexicaulis (Thunb.) Less.
• Tripteris angolensis (Norl.) B.Nord.
• Tripteris auriculata S.Moore
• Tripteris crassifolia O.Hoffm.
• Tripteris dentata (Burm.f.) Harv.
• Tripteris microcarpa Harv.
• Tripteris monocephala Oliv. & Hiern
• Tripteris nervosa Hutch.
• Tripteris nyikensis (Norl.) B.Nord.
• Tripteris oppositifolia (Aiton) B.Nord.
• Tripteris pinnatilobata (Norl.) B.Nord.
• Tripteris polycephala DC.
• Tripteris rosulata (Norl.) B.Nord.
• Tripteris sinuata DC.
• Tripteris spathulata DC.
• Tripteris spinigera Norl.
• Tripteris vaillantii Decne.
• Tripteris volkensii O.Hoffm.

formerly included[1]

see Inuloides Monoculus Norlindhia Osteospermum

• Tripteris amplectens - Norlindhia amplectens
• Tripteris amplexicaulis - Norlindhia amplectens
• Tripteris arborescens - Osteospermum grandiflorum
• Tripteris atropurpurea - Monoculus monstrosus
• Tripteris bolusii - Osteospermum bolusii
• Tripteris breviradiata - Norlindhia breviradiata
• Tripteris burchellii - Oligocarpus burchellii
• Tripteris clandestina - Monoculus monstrosus
• Tripteris concordiae - Osteospermum spinescens
• Tripteris confusa - Norlindhia amplectens
• Tripteris fruticosa - Osteospermum karooicum
• Tripteris glabra - Osteospermum glabrum
• Tripteris gracilis - Norlindhia amplectens
• Tripteris herbacea - Monoculus monstrosus
• Tripteris hyoseroides - Monoculus hyoseroides
• Tripteris integrifolia - Osteospermum karooicum
• Tripteris karrooica - Osteospermum karooicum
• Tripteris leptoloba - Osteospermum leptolobum
• Tripteris muschlerianus - Osteospermum spinescens
• Tripteris pachypteris - Osteospermum spinescens
• Tripteris petiolata - Osteospermum grandiflorum
• Tripteris rogersii - Osteospermum rigidum
• Tripteris scariosa - Monoculus monstrosus
• Tripteris spinescens - Osteospermum spinescens
• Tripteris tomentosa - Inuloides tomentosa

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at Archive.today
2. The International Plant Names Index
3. Lessing, Christian Friedrich. 1831. Linnaea 6: 95-97 in Latin
4. Nordenstam, B. and Trift, I. (1999) A phylogenetic Study of the Calenduleae (Asteraceae), XVI International Botanical Congress Session 3.9.6: 3885

External links

• PlantZAfrica.com Tripteris oppositifolia (Aiton) B. Nord.