Romulea
Appearance
Romulea | |
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Romulea bulbocodium | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Subfamily: | Crocoideae |
Tribe: | Croceae |
Genus: | Romulea Maratti[1] |
Type species | |
Romulea bulbocodium (L.) Sebastiani & Mauri
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Romuleais agenusofflowering plantsin the familyIridaceae,first described as a genus in 1772. It is found in Europe, theMediterranean,theArabian Peninsula,and Africa.[2][3][4]
Description
[edit]Vegetative characteristics
[edit]Species ofRomuleaare perennial cormous herbs.[5]
Generative characteristics
[edit]The capsule fruits bear many brown, globose seeds.[5]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name refers to the legendary founder ofRome,Romulus,and alludes to the abundance of one of the species in the Roman countryside.[3][5]
Taxonomy
[edit]Publication
[edit]RomuleaMaratti was published by Giovanni Francesco Maratti (1704-1777) in 1772. It is aconserved name.[6][7]
Accepted species
[edit]- Species[2]
- Romulea albifloraJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea albomarginataM.P.de Vos- Ceres Koue Bokkeveld in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea antiatlanticaMaire- Morocco
- Romulea aquaticaG.J.Lewis- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea arnaudiiMoret- southeastern France
- Romulea atrandaG.J.Lewis- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea austiniiE.Phillips- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea autumnalisL.Bolus- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea barkeraeM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea biflora(Bég.) M.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea bifronsPau- Morocco
- Romulea bocchieriiFrignani & Iiriti- Sardinia
- Romulea bulbocodium(L.) Sebast. & Mauri- Mediterranean region from Morocco + Portugal to Syria, Sudan
- Romulea cameroonianaBaker- central + southern Africa north to Cameroon + Ethiopia
- Romulea cedarbergensisM.P.de Vos- Cedarberg in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea citrinaBaker- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea clusiana(Lange) Nyman- Morocco, Algeria, Spain, Portugal
- Romulea collinaJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt -Hantamsberg in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea columnaeSebast. & Mauri- Mediterranean region from Morocco + Portugal to Syria, Great Britain, Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores
- Romulea congoensisBég.- Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
- Romulea corsicaJord. & Fourr.- Corsica
- Romulea cruciata(Jacq.) Bég.- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea cyrenaicaBég.- Libya
- Romulea dichotoma(Thunb.) Baker- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea disciferaJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea diversiformisM.P.de Vos- Sutherland in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea ebureaJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt- Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea eburneaJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea ellipticaM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea engleriiBég.- Morocco
- Romulea eximiaM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea fibrosaM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea fischeriPax- Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Socotra, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
- Romulea flava(Lam.) M.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa; naturalized in Australia
- Romulea flexuosaKlatt- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea florentiiMoret- southeastern France
- Romulea giganteaBég.- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea gracillimaBaker- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea halliiM.P.de Vos- Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea hantamensis(Diels) Goldblatt- Hantamsberg in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea hirsuta(Steud. ex Klatt) Baker- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea hirtaSchltr.- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea jugicolaM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea kamisensisM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea komsbergensisM.P.de Vos- Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea leipoldtiiMarais- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea ligusticaParl.- Corsica, Sardinia, Veneto, Liguria, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
- Romulea lilacinaJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea × limbaraeBég.- Sardinia(R. ligustica × R. requienii)
- Romulea linaresiiParl.- Sicily, Greece, Turkey, Tunisia
- Romulea longipesSchltr.- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea luteaJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea luteiflora(M.P.de Vos) M.P.de Vos- Cape Province, Lesotho
- Romulea macowaniiBaker- Cape Province, Free State, Lesotho
- Romulea maculataJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea malaniaeM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea maroccanaBég.- Morocco
- Romulea melitensisBég.- Malta, Gozo
- Romulea membranaceaM.P.de Vos- near Middelpos in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea minutifloraKlatt- Cape Province; naturalized in Australia
- Romulea monadelpha(Sweet ex Steud.) Baker- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea montanaSchltr. ex Bég.- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea monticolaM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea multifidaM.P.de Vos- Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea multisulcataM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea namaquensisM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea nivalis(Boiss. & Kotschy) Klatt- Mount Hermon in Syria + Lebanon
- Romulea numidicaJord. & Fourr.- Morocco, Algeria
- Romulea obscuraKlatt- Cape Province; naturalized in Australia
- †Romulea papyraceaWolley-Dod- Cape Province but extinct
- Romulea pearsoniiM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea penzigiiBég.- Algeria
- Romulea petraeaAl-Eisawi- Jordan
- Romulea phoeniciaMouterde- Lebanon, Syria, Jordan
- Romulea pilosaGoldblatt & J.C.Manning- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea pratensisM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea pudica(Sol. ex Ker Gawl.) Baker- Bokkeveld in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea quartzicolaGoldblatt & J.C.Manning- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea ramifloraTen. -Mediterranean from Morocco + Portugal to Turkey
- Romulea requieniiParl.- Corsica, Sardinia
- Romulea revelieriJord. & Fourr.- Corsica, several small Italian islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea
- Romulea rosea(L.) Eckl.- Cape Province; naturalized in France, Chile, Australia, California, St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha
- Romulea rupestrisJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea sabulosaSchltr. ex Bég.- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea saldanhensisM.P.de Vos -Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea sanguinalisM.P.de Vos- Bokkeveld in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea saxatilisM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea schlechteriBég.- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea setifoliaN.E.Br.- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea singularisJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea sinispinosensisM.P.de Vos- Doringbaai in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea sladeniiM.P.de Vos -Gifberg Plateau in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea speciosa(Ker Gawl.) Baker- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea sphaerocarpaM.P.de Vos- Great Karoo in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea stellataM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea sulphureaBég- Pakhuis Mountains, Western Cape province of South Africa
- Romulea subfistulosaM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea syringodeofloraM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea tabularisEckl. ex Bég.- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea tempskyanaFreyn- Cyprus, Turkey, Greek Islands, Israel, Palestine
- Romulea tetragonaM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea tortilisBaker- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea tortuosa(Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Baker- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea toximontanaM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea triflora(Burm.f.) N.E.Br.- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea tubulosaJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea unifoliaM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea vaillantiiQuézel- Algeria
- Romulea villaretiiDobignard- Morocco
- Romulea vinaceaM.P.de Vos- Pakhuis Pass in Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea viridibracteataM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
- Romulea vlokiiM.P.de Vos- Cape Province of South Africa
References
[edit]- ^Maratti 1772.
- ^abcKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^abManning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008).The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification.Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 91–93.ISBN978-0-88192-897-6.
- ^Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Romuleaincludes photos plus European distribution maps
- ^abcRomuleaMaratti. (n.d.). Flora of North America. Retrieved March 18, 2024, fromhttp://floranorthamerica.org/Romulea
- ^Maratti, Giovanni Francesco | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved March 18, 2024, fromhttps:// ipni.org/a/6084-1
- ^"RomuleaMaratti ".Plants of the World Online.Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Retrieved18 March2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Maratti, Giovanni Francesco[in Spanish](1772).Plantarum Romuleae, et Saturniae in agro Romano existentium: specificas notas describit inventor(in Latin). Rome: Typis Archangeli Casaletti.