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Romulea papyracea

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Identification
Isotype of Romulea papyracea Wolley-Dod [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Romulea elegans
  • Romulea hybrida
  • Romulea cruciata
  • Romulea papyracea
  • Trichonema cruciatum
  • Romulea schlechteri

Flora

Entry for Romulea papyracea [family JUNCACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Romulea papyracea [family JUNCACEAE]
Information
Closely related to R. schlechteri (no. 1) from which it differs as follows: Stem very short or up to 40 mm long. Leaves basal or basal and cauline, compressed cylindrical, recurved, up to 2 mm in diam., with slightly wider grooves and wider lateral ribs. Outer bract keeled, with prominent closely spaced veins, acuminate; inner shorter than the outer. Flowers only c. 25 mm long, pale lilac-pink, with a yellow cup, outer perianth segments darker pink on the backs. Perianth tube 4—5 mm long; segments c. 16 x 5 mm. Filaments shorter than the anthers which are 5 mm long. Style less than 10 mm, with stigmas not reaching the anther tips.
Habitat
The name is derived from the thin papery corm tunics, the hard outer tunical layers having been lost. One specimen in K has a corm with an indication of a crescent-shaped basal ridge.
Use
2. Romulea papyracea Wolley-Dod in J. Bot., Lond. 38: 170 (1900); Beg. in Malpighia 23: 94 (1909); G. J. Lewis in Adamson & Salter, Fl. Cape Penins. 223 (1950); De Vos in Jl S. Afr. Bot. Suppl. 9: 66 (1972). Type: Cape, Cape Peninsula, Table Mountain lower plateau, Wolley-Dod 3075 (BOL, nolo.!; BM!; K!).
Range
Found only once in 1897 on the lower plateau of Table Mountain near Cape Town (3318—CD).

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