Romulea amoena Schltr. ex Bég.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 334 (1907)
This name is a synonym of Romulea pudica

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Romulea pudica.]
  • Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P. & Harrower, A.D. (2011). Romulea pilosa and R. quartzicola (Iridaceae: Crocoideae). Bothalia 41: 269-276. [Cited as Romulea pudica.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (1993). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-iv, 1-825. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Romulea amoena.]
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Romulea amoena.]
  • Vos de, M.P. (1983). Flora of Southern Africa 7(2; 2): i-ix, 1-76. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture. [Cited as Romulea amoena.]

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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