- Family:
- Iridaceae Juss.
Romulea Maratti

[FZ]
Iridaceae, P. Goldblatt. Flora Zambesiaca 12:4. 1993
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herbs with small globose corms, aerial parts dying back annually; corms with woody to firm membranous tunics.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves few to several, the lower 2–3 entirely sheathing (cataphylls), green, membranous or firm; foliage leaves basal, 1-several, more or less filiform with the margins and raised midribs often transversely winged, the blade thus terete with 4 longitudinal grooves, occasionally the leaves nearly plane with margins and midrib slightly thickened or only the margins thickened and winged.
- Morphology Stem
- Stem short, aerial, or subterranean and becoming aerial in fruiting plants, simple or branching above or below the ground.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers actinomorphic, cupulate (hypocrateriform in a few South African species), variously coloured, often yellow in the centre; tepals united in a short to long perianth tube, subequal, usually spreading above. Flowers solitary and terminal, sessile, subtended by 2 opposed bracts; floral bracts green, often the margins membranous and pale or ferrugineous, occasionally the inner bract entirely dry.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens symmetrically disposed; filaments erect, more or less contiguous, sometimes united; anthers diverging or contiguous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary globose, style dividing at or above the level of the anthers; style branches short, usually divided for half their length.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsules oblong.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds many per locule, more or less globose or lightly angled, hard, glossy or matt.
[FTEA]
Iridaceae, Peter Goldblatt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1996
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennials with small globose corms with woody to cartilaginous or papery tunics
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves few-several, the lower 2-3 entirely sheathing (cataphylls), membranous or firm and green, foliage leaves all basal, 1-several, linear to ± filiform, the margins and midribs raised and often winged, thus with 2 narrow longitudinal grooves on each surface, the blade oval to terete in transverse section with 2 sinuses on each surface between the margin and the midrib, occasionally nearly plane with lightly thickened margins and midrib
- Morphology Stem
- Stem short, aerial or subterranean, sometimes above ground in fruit, simple or branched, the branching usually below the ground
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence composed of solitary flowers terminal on the peduncles, the flowers each subtended by 2 opposed bracts; bracts green, often the margins membranous to scarious and pale or ferrugineous, occasionally the inner bract entirely dry
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers actinomorphic, cupulate (hypocrateriform in a few South African SPECIES), variously coloured, often yellow in the centre; tepals united in a short to long tube, subequal, usually ascending below and spreading above
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Filaments erect, ± contiguous, sometimes united; anthers diverging or contiguous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary ovoid, style dividing at or above the level of the anthers, the branches short, usually divided for half their length
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsules oblong
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds several per locule, ± globose or lightly angled, hard, glossy or matt.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennials with small globose corms with woody to cartilaginous or papery tunics
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves few to several, the lower 2–3 entirely sheathing (cataphylls), membranous or firm and green, foliage leaves all basal, 1–several, linear to ± filiform, the margins and midribs raised and often winged, thus with 2 narrow to longitudinal grooves on each surface, the blade oval to terete in transverse section with 2 sinuses on each surface between the margin and the midrib, occasionally nearly plane with lightly thickened margins and midrib
- Morphology Stem
- Stem short, aerial or subterranean, sometimes above ground in fruit, simple or branched, the branching usually below the ground
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence composed of solitary flowers terminal on the peduncles, the flowers each subtended by 2 opposed bracts; bracts green, often the margins membranous to scarious and pale or ferrugineous, occasionally the inner bract dry entirely
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers regular, usually cup-shaped, variously coloured, often yellow in the centre; tepals united in a short to long tube, subequal, usually ascending below and spreading above
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Filaments erect, ± adjoining, sometimes united; anthers diverging or adjoining
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary ovoid, style dividing at or above the level of the anthers, the branches short, usually divided for half their length
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsules oblong
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds lightly angled, hard, glossy or matte.
- Distribution
- Some 120 species in Africa, southern Europe and the Middle East, centred in the SW Cape, and with a secondary centre in the western Mediterranean Basin.
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, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Palestine, Portugal, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
California, Chile Central, New South Wales, South Australia, St.Helena, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Victoria, Western Australia
- Romulea albiflora J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Romulea albomarginata M.P.de Vos
- Romulea alticola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Romulea × anceps (Merino) Bég.
- Romulea antiatlantica Maire
- Romulea aquatica G.J.Lewis
- Romulea arnaudii Moret
- Romulea atrandra G.J.Lewis
- Romulea austinii E.Phillips
- Romulea autumnalis L.Bolus
- Romulea barkerae M.P.de Vos
- Romulea biflora (Bég.) M.P.de Vos
- Romulea bocchierii Frignani & Iiriti
- Romulea bulbocodium (L.) Sebast. & Mauri
- Romulea camerooniana Baker
- Romulea cedarbergensis M.P.de Vos
- Romulea citrina Baker
- Romulea clusiana (Lange) Nyman
- Romulea collina J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Romulea columnae Sebast. & Mauri
- Romulea congoensis Bég.
- Romulea corsica Jord. & Fourr.
- Romulea cruciata (Jacq.) Bég.
- Romulea cyrenaica Bég.
- Romulea dichotoma (Thunb.) Baker
- Romulea discifera J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Romulea diversiformis M.P.de Vos
- Romulea eburnea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Romulea elliptica M.P.de Vos
- Romulea engleri Bég.
- Romulea eximia M.P.de Vos
- Romulea fibrosa M.P.de Vos
- Romulea fischeri Pax
- Romulea flava (Lam.) M.P.de Vos
- Romulea flexuosa Klatt
- Romulea florentii Moret
- Romulea gigantea Bég.
- Romulea gracillima Baker
- Romulea hallii M.P.de Vos
- Romulea hantamensis (Diels) Goldblatt
- Romulea hirsuta (Steud. ex Klatt) Eckl. ex Baker
- Romulea hirta Schltr.
- Romulea insularis Sommier
- Romulea × jordanii Bég.
- Romulea jugicola M.P.de Vos
- Romulea kamisensis M.P.de Vos
- Romulea komsbergensis M.P.de Vos
- Romulea leipoldtii Marais
- Romulea ligustica Parl.
- Romulea lilacina J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Romulea × limbarae Bég.
- Romulea linaresii Parl.
- Romulea longipes Schltr.
- Romulea lutea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Romulea luteiflora (M.P.de Vos) M.P.de Vos
- Romulea macowanii Baker
- Romulea maculata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Romulea malaniae M.P.de Vos
- Romulea maroccana Bég.
- Romulea × melitensis Bég.
- Romulea membranacea M.P.de Vos
- Romulea × merinoi Pau ex Bég.
- Romulea minutiflora Klatt
- Romulea monadelpha (Sweet ex Steud.) Baker
- Romulea monophylla J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Romulea montana Schltr. ex Bég.
- Romulea monticola M.P.de Vos
- Romulea multifida M.P.de Vos
- Romulea multisulcata M.P.de Vos
- Romulea namaquensis M.P.de Vos
- Romulea nivalis (Boiss. & Kotschy) Klatt
- Romulea numidica Jord. & Fourr.
- Romulea obscura Klatt
- Romulea papyracea Wolley-Dod
- Romulea pearsonii M.P.de Vos
- Romulea penzigii Bég.
- Romulea petraea Al-Eisawi
- Romulea phoenicia Mouterde
- Romulea pilosa Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Romulea pratensis M.P.de Vos
- Romulea pudica (Sol. ex Ker Gawl.) Baker
- Romulea quartzicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Romulea ramiflora Ten.
- Romulea requienii Parl.
- Romulea revelierei Jord. & Fourr.
- Romulea rosea (L.) Eckl.
- Romulea rupestris J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Romulea sabulosa Schltr. ex Bég.
- Romulea saldanhensis M.P.de Vos
- Romulea sanguinalis M.P.de Vos
- Romulea saxatilis M.P.de Vos
- Romulea schlechteri Bég.
- Romulea setifolia N.E.Br.
- Romulea singularis J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Romulea sinispinosensis M.P.de Vos
- Romulea sladenii M.P.de Vos
- Romulea speciosa (Ker Gawl.) Baker
- Romulea sphaerocarpa M.P.de Vos
- Romulea stellata M.P.de Vos
- Romulea subfistulosa M.P.de Vos
- Romulea sulphurea Bég.
- Romulea syringodeoflora M.P.de Vos
- Romulea tabularis Eckl. ex Bég.
- Romulea tempskyana Freyn
- Romulea tetragona M.P.de Vos
- Romulea tortilis Baker
- Romulea tortuosa (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Baker
- Romulea toximontana M.P.de Vos
- Romulea triflora (Burm.f.) N.E.Br.
- Romulea tubulosa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Romulea unifolia M.P.de Vos
- Romulea vaillantii Quézel
- Romulea × variegata Merino
- Romulea variicolor Mifsud
- Romulea villaretii Dobignard
- Romulea vinacea M.P.de Vos
- Romulea viridibracteata M.P.de Vos
- Romulea × viridis Pau ex Bég.
- Romulea vlokii M.P.de Vos
Romulea Maratti appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Esseiva, Lebanon | 35118.000 | No |
First published in Pl. Romul. Saturn.: 13 (1772)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
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 .
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Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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