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Genus: Romulea

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Monocotyledons >  Order: Asparagales >  Family: Iridaceae

About 88 species (77 in southern Africa, especially diverse in winter rainfall area), found from southern Africa through to Europe, Middle East and Canary Islands.

 

Romulea rosea, photographed in coastal fynbos, Kleinmond Nature Reserve (Western Cape, South Africa).

 

Flowers are mainly pollinated by bees foraging for pollen (Goldblatt & Manning 2000).

Publications

  • De Vos, M.P. 1972. The genus Romulea in South Africa. Journal of South African Botany, Suppl. Vol. 9.

  • De Vos, M.P. 1983. Syringodea, Romulea. Flora of southern Africa 7.2, fasicle 2: 1-76.

  • Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. 2000. Iridaceae. In: In: Seed Plants of Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 623-638. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

 

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