Syringodea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| image = Long Capecrocus imported from iNaturalist photo 15939774 on 20 September 2023.jpg

| image_caption = Syringodea longituba

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| taxon = Syringodea

| authority = Hook.f.

| type_species = Syringodea pulchella

| type_species_authority = Hook.f.

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| synonyms = * Afrocrocus J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

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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.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=324721 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Vos 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.{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=91–93 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}

; Species

• 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. - Eastern Cape
• Syringodea saxatilis M.P.de Vos - Western Cape
• Syringodea unifolia Goldblatt - Northern Cape, Western Cape