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Syringodea
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<p><i>Syringodea</i> is a <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of <a href="/facts/Flowering_plant/E5eGYIvY">flowering plants</a> in the family <a href="/facts/Iridaceae/zRrNf80q">Iridaceae</a>, first described as a genus in 1873. The entire genus is <a href="/facts/Endemic/xt4IpIsl">endemic</a> to <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a>. </p><p>The genus name is derived from the <a href="/facts/Greek_language/pzDd6eIz">Greek</a> word <i>syrinx</i>, meaning "pipe", and alludes to the long <a href="/facts/Perianth/dy8xGxeb">perianth</a> tube. </p> Species<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> <ul><li><i>Syringodea bifucata</i> <a href="/facts/Miriam_Phoebe_de_Vos/hSlFmXNu">M.P.de Vos</a> - Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng</li> <li><i>Syringodea concolor</i> (<a href="/facts/John_Gilbert_Baker/rwWAy6R6">Baker</a>) <a href="/facts/Miriam_Phoebe_de_Vos/hSlFmXNu">M.P.de Vos</a> - Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape</li> <li><i>Syringodea derustensis</i> <a href="/facts/Miriam_Phoebe_de_Vos/hSlFmXNu">M.P.de Vos</a> - Western Cape</li> <li><i>Syringodea flanaganii</i> <a href="/facts/John_Gilbert_Baker/rwWAy6R6">Baker</a> - Eastern Cape</li> <li><i>Syringodea longituba</i> (<a href="/facts/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Klatt/tKkSr8FU">Klatt</a>) <a href="/facts/Otto_Kuntze/0W5K98z5">Kuntze</a> - Western Cape</li> <li><i>Syringodea pulchella</i> <a href="/facts/Hook.f./AopgkJU1">Hook.f.</a> - Eastern Cape</li> <li><i>Syringodea saxatilis</i> <a href="/facts/Miriam_Phoebe_de_Vos/hSlFmXNu">M.P.de Vos</a> - Western Cape</li> <li><i>Syringodea unifolia</i> <a href="/facts/Peter_Goldblatt/2f0BkH5x">Goldblatt</a> - Northern Cape, Western Cape</li></ul>