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Romulea alpina

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Name

Identification
Romulea alpina Rendle [family IRIDACEAE ] Romulea campanuloides Harms [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hedberg,
Related name
  • Romulea alpina
  • Romulea campanuloides
  • Romulea fibrosa

Flora

Entry for ROMULEA campanuloides Harms [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 337, (1898) Author: (By J. G. BAKER.)
Names
ROMULEA campanuloides Harms [family IRIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xix. Beibl. No. 47, 28.
ROMULEA alpina Rendle [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 401.
ROMULEA camerooniana Baker [family IRIDACEAE], Handb. Irid. 102, partly.
Information
Bulb globose, 1/3– 1/2 in. diam., tunics brown, rigid. Leaves very slender, subterete, erect, 1 ft. or more long, channelled down the face. Peduncle slender, simple, stiffly erect, 6–9 in. long. Spathe-valve subequal, green, lanceolate, acute, about 1/2 in. long. Perianth sessile, funnel-shaped, 3/4– 7/8 in. long; segments oblanceolate, obtuse, distinctly striped with dark lilac on a paler purple ground. Stamens half as long as the perianth limb. Style not overtopping the anthers.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, 6000–10,000 ft., Thomson! Volkens, 782! Taylor.

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