Iridaceae
Romulea

Romulea fischeri Pax

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 150 (1892)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa to Uganda, Socotra, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S., & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: i-xxviii, 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1993). Flora Zambesiaca: i-iv, 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-89.
  • Lebrun J.-P. & Stork, A.L. (1995). Énumération des Plants à Fleurs D'Afrique Tropicale 3: 1-341. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-89.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.J. Jex-Blake, Some Wild Flowers of Kenya p. 125 (1948).
  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 323, t. 150 (1994).
  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 345 (1898).
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 429, fig. 712 (1987).
  • Bullock in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1933: 100 (1933).
  • O. Hedberg, Afroalpine Vascular Plants p. 65 (1957).
  • Pax in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 15: 150 (1892).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Abebe, W.; Getachew, E. [12343] Ethiopia K002965254 Yes
Thulin, M.; Dahir, A.; Hassan, A. [8931] Somalia K002965255 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Gilbert, M.G. [176] Ethiopia K002965247 Yes
Schimter, M.W. [309] Ethiopia K002965239 Yes
Mooney, C.I. [7501] Ethiopia K002965238 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Aweke, G. [2808] Ethiopia K002965240 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [7936] Ethiopia K002965243 Yes
Myers, J.G. [11643] South Sudan K002965233 Yes
Hedberg, O. [5591] Ethiopia K002965245 Yes
Thulin, M.; Dahir, A.; Hassan, A. [9074] Somalia K002965256 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Aweke, G. [2633] Ethiopia K002965235 Yes
Carter [1812] Sudan K002965231 Yes
Pettet [170] Sudan K002965230 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [5833] Ethiopia K002965252 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Hailu, A.; Yitbarew, B. [11467] Ethiopia K002965253 Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [2051] Kenya K:SPC-23544.000 No
Ash, J.W. [600] Ethiopia K002965244 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K002965246 Yes
Flenley, J.R.; Evans, I.M. [489] Ethiopia K002965237 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [7908] Ethiopia K002965248 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [5833] Ethiopia K002965251 Yes
Miller, R.G.; Flenley, J.R. [241] Ethiopia K002965236 Yes
Thompson (Major) [2] Sudan K002965232 Yes
Hedberg, O. [4206] Ethiopia K002965249 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [8118] Ethiopia K002965234 Yes
Agr; Mech [H-78] Ethiopia K002965242 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2408] Sudan K002965228 Yes
Ash [600] Ethiopia K:SPC-37434.000 No
Pülschen, L. [340] Ethiopia K002965250 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2401] Sudan K002965229 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [4025A] Ethiopia K002965241 Yes
Wild, H. [45793] Zimbabwe Romulea linaresii subsp. abyssinica K:SPC-23545.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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/
    • © 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 2024. 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