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, 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

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update 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:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Esseiva, Lebanon 35118.000 No

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0