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Wikipedia / Romulea

Romulea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1772. It is found in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula, and Africa.

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Species of Romulea are perennial cormous herbs.

Generative characteristics

The capsule fruits bear many brown, globose seeds.

Etymology

The genus name refers to the legendary founder of Rome, Romulus, and alludes to the abundance of one of the species in the Roman countryside.

Taxonomy

Publication

Romulea Maratti was published by Giovanni Francesco Maratti (1704-1777) in 1772. It is a conserved name.

Accepted species

  1. Species

  2. Romulea albiflora J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa

  3. Romulea albomarginata M.P.de Vos - Ceres Koue Bokkeveld in Cape Province of South Africa

  4. Romulea antiatlantica Maire - Morocco

  5. Romulea aquatica G.J.Lewis - Cape Province of South Africa

  6. Romulea arnaudii Moret - southeastern France

  7. Romulea atranda G.J.Lewis - Cape Province of South Africa

  8. Romulea austinii E.Phillips - Cape Province of South Africa

  9. Romulea autumnalis L.Bolus - Cape Province of South Africa

  10. Romulea barkerae M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  11. Romulea biflora (Bég.) M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  12. Romulea bifrons Pau - Morocco

  13. Romulea bocchierii Frignani & Iiriti - Sardinia

  14. Romulea bulbocodium (L.) Sebast. & Mauri - Mediterranean region from Morocco + Portugal to Syria, Sudan

  15. Romulea camerooniana Baker - central + southern Africa north to Cameroon + Ethiopia

  16. Romulea cedarbergensis M.P.de Vos - Cedarberg in Cape Province of South Africa

  17. Romulea citrina Baker - Cape Province of South Africa

  18. Romulea clusiana (Lange) Nyman - Morocco, Algeria, Spain, Portugal

  19. Romulea collina J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Hantamsberg in Cape Province of South Africa

  20. Romulea columnae Sebast. & Mauri - Mediterranean region from Morocco + Portugal to Syria, Great Britain, Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores

  21. Romulea congoensis Bég. - Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

  22. Romulea corsica Jord. & Fourr. - Corsica

  23. Romulea cruciata (Jacq.) Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa

  24. Romulea cyrenaica Bég. - Libya

  25. Romulea dichotoma (Thunb.) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa

  26. Romulea discifera J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa

  27. Romulea diversiformis M.P.de Vos - Sutherland in Cape Province of South Africa

  28. Romulea eburea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa

  29. Romulea eburnea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa

  30. Romulea elliptica M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  31. Romulea englerii Bég. - Morocco

  32. Romulea eximia M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  33. Romulea fibrosa M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  34. Romulea fischeri Pax - Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Socotra, Yemen, Saudi Arabia

  35. Romulea flava (Lam.) M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa; naturalized in Australia

  36. Romulea flexuosa Klatt - Cape Province of South Africa

  37. Romulea florentii Moret - southeastern France

  38. Romulea gigantea Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa

  39. Romulea gracillima Baker - Cape Province of South Africa

  40. Romulea hallii M.P.de Vos - Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa

  41. Romulea hantamensis (Diels) Goldblatt - Hantamsberg in Cape Province of South Africa

  42. Romulea hirsuta (Steud. ex Klatt) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa

  43. Romulea hirta Schltr. - Cape Province of South Africa

  44. Romulea jugicola M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  45. Romulea kamisensis M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  46. Romulea komsbergensis M.P.de Vos - Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa

  47. Romulea leipoldtii Marais - Cape Province of South Africa

  48. Romulea ligustica Parl. - Corsica, Sardinia, Veneto, Liguria, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

  49. Romulea lilacina J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa

  50. Romulea × limbarae Bég. - Sardinia (R. ligustica × R. requienii)

  51. Romulea linaresii Parl. - Sicily, Greece, Turkey, Tunisia

  52. Romulea longipes Schltr. - Cape Province of South Africa

  53. Romulea lutea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa

  54. Romulea luteiflora (M.P.de Vos) M.P.de Vos - Cape Province, Lesotho

  55. Romulea macowanii Baker - Cape Province, Free State, Lesotho

  56. Romulea maculata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa

  57. Romulea malaniae M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  58. Romulea maroccana Bég. - Morocco

  59. Romulea melitensis Bég. - Malta, Gozo

  60. Romulea membranacea M.P.de Vos - near Middelpos in Cape Province of South Africa

  61. Romulea minutiflora Klatt - Cape Province; naturalized in Australia

  62. Romulea monadelpha (Sweet ex Steud.) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa

  63. Romulea montana Schltr. ex Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa

  64. Romulea monticola M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  65. Romulea multifida M.P.de Vos - Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa

  66. Romulea multisulcata M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  67. Romulea namaquensis M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  68. Romulea nivalis (Boiss. & Kotschy) Klatt - Mount Hermon in Syria + Lebanon

  69. Romulea numidica Jord. & Fourr. - Morocco, Algeria

  70. Romulea obscura Klatt - Cape Province; naturalized in Australia

  71. †Romulea papyracea Wolley-Dod - Cape Province but extinct

  72. Romulea pearsonii M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  73. Romulea penzigii Bég. - Algeria

  74. Romulea petraea Al-Eisawi - Jordan

  75. Romulea phoenicia Mouterde - Lebanon, Syria, Jordan

  76. Romulea pilosa Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province of South Africa

  77. Romulea pratensis M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  78. Romulea pudica (Sol. ex Ker Gawl.) Baker - Bokkeveld in Cape Province of South Africa

  79. Romulea quartzicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province of South Africa

  80. Romulea ramiflora Ten. - Mediterranean from Morocco + Portugal to Turkey

  81. Romulea requienii Parl. - Corsica, Sardinia

  82. Romulea revelieri Jord. & Fourr. - Corsica, several small Italian islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea

  83. Romulea rosea (L.) Eckl. - Cape Province; naturalized in France, Chile, Australia, California, St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha

  84. Romulea rupestris J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa

  85. Romulea sabulosa Schltr. ex Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa

  86. Romulea saldanhensis M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  87. Romulea sanguinalis M.P.de Vos - Bokkeveld in Cape Province of South Africa

  88. Romulea saxatilis M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  89. Romulea schlechteri Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa

  90. Romulea setifolia N.E.Br. - Cape Province of South Africa

  91. Romulea singularis J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa

  92. Romulea sinispinosensis M.P.de Vos - Doringbaai in Cape Province of South Africa

  93. Romulea sladenii M.P.de Vos - Gifberg Plateau in Cape Province of South Africa

  94. Romulea speciosa (Ker Gawl.) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa

  95. Romulea sphaerocarpa M.P.de Vos - Great Karoo in Cape Province of South Africa

  96. Romulea stellata M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  97. Romulea sulphurea Bég - Pakhuis Mountains, Western Cape province of South Africa

  98. Romulea subfistulosa M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  99. Romulea syringodeoflora M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  100. Romulea tabularis Eckl. ex Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa

  101. Romulea tempskyana Freyn - Cyprus, Turkey, Greek Islands, Israel, Palestine

  102. Romulea tetragona M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  103. Romulea tortilis Baker - Cape Province of South Africa

  104. Romulea tortuosa (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa

  105. Romulea toximontana M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  106. Romulea triflora (Burm.f.) N.E.Br. - Cape Province of South Africa

  107. Romulea tubulosa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa

  108. Romulea unifolia M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  109. Romulea vaillantii Quézel - Algeria

  110. Romulea villaretii Dobignard - Morocco

  111. Romulea vinacea M.P.de Vos - Pakhuis Pass in Cape Province of South Africa

  112. Romulea viridibracteata M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

  113. Romulea vlokii M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

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