Romulea Explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3]}

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.^{[2] [4]}

Taxonomy

Publication

Romulea Maratti was published by Giovanni Francesco Maratti (1704-1777) in 1772. It is a conserved name.^{[5] [6]}

Accepted species

Species^[1]

• Romulea albiflora J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea albomarginata M.P.de Vos - Ceres Koue Bokkeveld in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea antiatlantica Maire - Morocco
• Romulea aquatica G.J.Lewis - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea arnaudii Moret - southeastern France
• Romulea atranda G.J.Lewis - Cape Province of South 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

Bibliography

• Book: Maratti . Giovanni Francesco .

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  . Plantarum Romuleae, et Saturniae in agro Romano existentium: specificas notas describit inventor . 1772 . Typis Archangeli Casaletti . Rome . la.

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=324561 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Book: Manning, John . Goldblatt, Peter . The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification . Timber Press . Portland, Oregon. 91–93 . 2008. 978-0-88192-897-6.
3. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Romulea Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Romulea
4. Romulea Maratti. (n.d.). Flora of North America. Retrieved March 18, 2024, from http://floranorthamerica.org/Romulea
5. Maratti, Giovanni Francesco | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved March 18, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/a/6084-1
6. 20471-1 . Romulea Maratti . 18 March 2024.