Iridaceae

Romulea Maratti

First published in Pl. Romul. Saturn.: 13 (1772), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, Medit., Tropical African Mountains to S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Malawi, Morocco, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, California, Chile Central, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., South Australia, St.Helena, Tasmania, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families database update import Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Diss. Romul. et Saturn. Romae 13, t. 1 (1772)
  • F.T.A. 7: 344. Nom. cons.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Pl. Romul. Saturn.: 13, t. 1 (1772) nom. conserv.
  • de Vos in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 9: 49 (1972)
  • in Fl. Southern Africa 7, 2(2): 10 (1983).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by I. Nordal [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • M.P. de Vos in Journ. S. Afr. Bot., Suppl. 9 (1972)
  • Pl. Romul. Saturn.: 13, t. 1 (1772), nom. conserv .

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0