Genus: Romulea Life
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> Family: Iridaceae
About 88 species (79 in southern Africa,
especially diverse in winter rainfall area), found from southern Africa through
to Europe, Middle East and Canary Islands.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of southern Africa (POSA)
- an online checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of
Zimbabwe.
Flowers are mainly pollinated by bees foraging for pollen
(Goldblatt & Manning 2000).
Publications
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De Vos, M.P. 1972. The genus Romulea in
South Africa. Journal of South African Botany, Suppl. Vol. 9.
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De Vos, M.P. 1983. Syringodea, Romulea.
Flora of southern Africa 7.2, fasicle 2: 1-76.
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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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