Romulea speciosa

Romulea speciosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Ixieae
Genus: Romulea
Species: Romulea speciosa

Name

Romulea speciosa (Ker Gawl.) Baker, 1877

Homonyms

• Romulea × speciosa Merino = Romulea × variegata Merino

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Trichonema speciosum Ker Gawl., Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 223 (1804).
• Homotypic
  • Ixia neglecta Schult., Mant. 1: 279 (1822).
  • Bulbocodium speciosum (Ker Gawl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 700 (1891).
  • Romulea neglecta (Schult.) M.P.de Vos, Fl. S. Afr. 7(2: 2): 29 (1983), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Ixia bulbocodium var. flore-speciosissima Andrews, Bot. Repos. 3: t. 170 (1801), contrary to Art. 23.6. (ICN, 2012).
  • Romulea oliveri M.P.de Vos, J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 9: 116 (1972).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa W. Cape Prov. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Baker, J.G. 1877. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 89

Additional references

• Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Romulea speciosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 05. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Romulea speciosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 05. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Romulea speciosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Feb 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Romulea speciosa. Published online. Accessed: Feb 05 2022.

Vernacular names

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