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Tritonia may refer to:
- Tritonia (plant)
- Tritonia (gastropod)
- in musical scale analysis, possessing Tritones
- in Greek mythology, an epithet for Athena
- The first practical atmospheric diving suit, developed in 1922 as the first in the JIM suit series
- a radio show hosted by the electronic music group Tritonal
Tritonia (flame freesia) is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family first described as a genus in 1802. They are naturally distributed across southern Africa, with a high concentration of species in Cape Province of western South Africa. The genus is closely related to the genus Ixia.
Tritonia are small bulbous plants up to 8 cm, that appear in great numbers in spring. The leaves are fan-shaped. The flowers are shades of yellow, orange or brown, sweet-smelling, and give off a very strong fragrance, especially at night. They are not grazed.
The genus name is derived from the Latin word triton, meaning "weathervane", and alludes to the apparently random arrangement of the stamens in some species.
Tritonia is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tritoniidae.
Tritonia is the type genus of the family Tritoniidae.