genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the family
Iridaceae
Iridaceae () is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the Iris (plant), irises. It has a nearly global distribution, with 69 accepted genera with a total of about 2500 species. It includes a number of economically importan ...
, first described as a genus in 1772. It is found in Europe, the
Mediterranean
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, the
Arabian Peninsula
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Geographically, the ...
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
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,
Romulus
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, and alludes to the abundance of one of the species in the Roman countryside.''Romulea'' Maratti. (n.d.). Flora of North America. Retrieved March 18, 2024, from http://floranorthamerica.org/Romulea
Taxonomy
Publication
''Romulea'' Maratti was published by Giovanni Francesco Maratti (1704-1777) in 1772. It is a
conserved name
A conserved name or ''nomen conservandum'' (plural ''nomina conservanda'', abbreviated as ''nom. cons.'') is a scientific name that has specific nomenclatural protection. That is, the name is retained, even though it violates one or more rules wh ...
.Maratti, Giovanni Francesco , International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved March 18, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/a/6084-1
Romulea atranda
''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.Romulea austinii'' E.Phillips - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea autumnalis'' L.Bolus - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea barkerae'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea biflora'' (Bég.) M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea bifrons'' Pau - Morocco
* '' Romulea bocchierii'' Frignani & Iiriti - Sardinia
* '' Romulea bulbocodium'' (L.) Sebast. & Mauri - Mediterranean region from Morocco + Portugal to Syria, Sudan
* '' Romulea camerooniana'' Baker - central + southern Africa north to Cameroon + Ethiopia
* '' Romulea cedarbergensis'' M.P.de Vos - Cedarberg in Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea citrina'' Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea clusiana'' (Lange) Nyman - Morocco, Algeria, Spain, Portugal
* '' Romulea collina'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Hantamsberg in Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea columnae'' Sebast. & Mauri - Mediterranean region from Morocco + Portugal to Syria, Great Britain, Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores
* '' Romulea congoensis'' Bég. - Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
* '' Romulea corsica'' Jord. & Fourr. - Corsica
* '' Romulea cruciata'' (Jacq.) Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea cyrenaica'' Bég. - Libya
* '' Romulea dichotoma'' (Thunb.) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea discifera'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea diversiformis'' M.P.de Vos - Sutherland in Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea eburea'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea eburnea'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea elliptica'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea englerii'' Bég. - Morocco
* '' Romulea eximia'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea fibrosa'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea fischeri'' Pax - 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 flexuosa'' Klatt - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea florentii'' Moret - southeastern France
* '' Romulea gigantea'' Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea gracillima'' Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea hallii'' M.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 hirta'' Schltr. - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea jugicola'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea kamisensis'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea komsbergensis'' M.P.de Vos - Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea leipoldtii'' Marais - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea ligustica'' Parl. - Corsica, Sardinia, Veneto, Liguria, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
* '' Romulea lilacina'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea × limbarae'' Bég. - Sardinia ''(R. ligustica × R. requienii)''
* '' Romulea linaresii'' Parl. - Sicily, Greece, Turkey, Tunisia
* '' Romulea longipes'' Schltr. - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea lutea'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea luteiflora'' (M.P.de Vos) M.P.de Vos - Cape Province, Lesotho
* '' Romulea macowanii'' Baker - Cape Province, Free State, Lesotho
* '' Romulea maculata'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea malaniae'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea maroccana'' Bég. - Morocco
* '' Romulea melitensis'' Bég. - Malta, Gozo
* '' Romulea membranacea'' M.P.de Vos - near Middelpos in Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea minutiflora'' Klatt - Cape Province; naturalized in Australia
* '' Romulea monadelpha'' (Sweet ex Steud.) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea montana'' Schltr. ex Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea monticola'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea multifida'' M.P.de Vos - Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea multisulcata'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea namaquensis'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea nivalis'' (Boiss. & Kotschy) Klatt - Mount Hermon in Syria + Lebanon
* '' Romulea numidica'' Jord. & Fourr. - Morocco, Algeria
* '' Romulea obscura'' Klatt - Cape Province; naturalized in Australia
* †'' Romulea papyracea'' Wolley-Dod - Cape Province but extinct
* '' Romulea pearsonii'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea penzigii'' Bég. - Algeria
* '' Romulea petraea'' Al-Eisawi - Jordan
* '' Romulea phoenicia'' Mouterde - Lebanon, Syria, Jordan
* '' Romulea pilosa'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea pratensis'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea pudica'' (Sol. ex Ker Gawl.) Baker - Bokkeveld in Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea quartzicola'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea ramiflora'' Ten. - Mediterranean from Morocco + Portugal to Turkey
* '' Romulea requienii'' Parl. - Corsica, Sardinia
* '' Romulea revelieri'' Jord. & 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 rupestris'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea sabulosa'' Schltr. ex Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea saldanhensis'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea sanguinalis'' M.P.de Vos - Bokkeveld in Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea saxatilis'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea schlechteri'' Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea setifolia'' N.E.Br. - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea singularis'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea sinispinosensis'' M.P.de Vos - Doringbaai in Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea sladenii'' M.P.de Vos - Gifberg Plateau in Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea speciosa'' (Ker Gawl.) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea sphaerocarpa'' M.P.de Vos - Great Karoo in Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea stellata'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea sulphurea'' Bég - Pakhuis Mountains, Western Cape province of South Africa
* '' Romulea subfistulosa'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea syringodeoflora'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea tabularis'' Eckl. ex Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea tempskyana'' Freyn - Cyprus, Turkey, Greek Islands, Israel, Palestine
* '' Romulea tetragona'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea tortilis'' Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea tortuosa'' (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea toximontana'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea triflora'' (Burm.f.) N.E.Br. - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea tubulosa'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea unifolia'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea vaillantii'' Quézel - Algeria
* '' Romulea villaretii'' Dobignard - Morocco
* '' Romulea vinacea'' M.P.de Vos - Pakhuis Pass in Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea viridibracteata'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Romulea vlokii'' M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa