''Tripteris'' is a genus of

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

n plants in the pot marigold tribe within the

daisy family The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. Some authors have classified as a ''Tripteris'' subgenus of ''

Osteospermum ''Osteospermum'' , is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Calenduleae, one of the smaller tribes of the sunflower/daisy family Asteraceae. They are known as the daisybushes or African daisies. ''Osteospermum'' used to belong to the genu ...

'', but more recent studies support separating it as a distinct genus.Nordenstam, B. and Trift, I. (1999) A phylogenetic Study of the Calenduleae (Asteraceae), XVI International Botanical Congress Session 3.9.6: 3885 ; SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
; formerly included see ''

Inuloides ''Inuloides'' refers to a genus of African plants placed in the marigold tribe within the daisy family. It is now considered to be part of the genus ''Osteospermum.'' The only known species was ''Inuloides tomentosa'', now '' Osteospermum tomen ...

Monoculus ''Monoculus'' is a genus of succulent plants in the pot marigold tribe within the sunflower family, split from the genus ''Osteospermum'' by Bertil Nordenstam in 2006. The two recognised species occur in the Western Cape of South Africa, with ...

Norlindhia ''Norlindhia'' is a genus of African plants in the pot marigold tribe within the daisy family. ; Species * '' Norlindhia amplectens'' (Harv.) B.Nord. - Cape Province * '' Norlindhia aptera'' B.Nord. - southern Namibia * '' Norlindhia breviradia ...

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PlantZAfrica.com ''Tripteris oppositifolia'' (Aiton) B. Nord.
{{Taxonbar, from=Q9297432 Calenduleae Flora of Africa Asteraceae genera