2.8. 13. Triaspis Burch., Trav. S. Africa 2: 280. 1824.

= Umbellulanthus S. Moore, J. Bot. 58: 220. 1920. Type species: Umbellulanthus floribundus S. Moore (≡ Triaspis mooreana Exell & Mendonça).

Type species.

Triaspis hypericoides Burch.

Notes.

Triaspis comprises 19 currently accepted species (five threatened species; Suppl. material 1) endemic to rainforests, savannas, and seasonally dry tropical forests of Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Green, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zaire, and Zimbabwe, Africa (POWO 2024). There is no current identification key for all species of Triaspis, but for regional keys, see Niedenzu (1928), Launert (1968) for East Africa, Badré (1972) for Cameroon, Badré (1973) for Gabon, Hutchinson and Dalziel (1958) for West Tropical Africa, Wilczek (1958) for Democratic Republic of Congo, and Almeida et al. (2024) for Southern Africa.