Romulea bulbocodium

Romulea bulbocodium

Romulea bulbocodium

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 bulbocodium
Varietates: R. b. var. bulbocodium – R. b. var. crocea – R. b. var. leichtliniana

Name

Romulea bulbocodium (L.) Sebast. & Mauri, Fl. Roman. Prodr.: 17 (1818).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Crocus bulbocodium L., Sp. Pl. 1: 36 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Ixia bulbocodium (L.) L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 51 (1762).
  • Trichonema bulbocodium (L.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 16: t. 575 (1802).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia-Temperate Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sebastiani, F.A. & Mauri, E.. 1818. Florae Romanae Prodromus exhibens centurias xii Plantarum ... 17.

Additional references

• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2010. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 1: Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Monocotyledoneae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0120-9, 455 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Romulea bulbocodium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Romulea bulbocodium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Jan 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Romulea bulbocodium. Published online. Accessed: 30 Jan 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Romulea bulbocodium. Accessed: 30 Jan 2023.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Romulea bulbocodium in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 30.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Romulea bulbocodium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

беларуская: луковична пролетка
Deutsch: Großblütiger Scheinkrokus
Ελληνικά: Ρωμουλέα η βολβοκώδιος
Gaeilge: Aberiota
русский: Ромулея бульбокодиум

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