Romulea macowanii Baker
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5180119 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5190378 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A7676A-FFEE-1E2F-81C6-FDEA07548ED1 |
treatment provided by |
Carolina |
scientific name |
Romulea macowanii Baker |
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34. Romulea macowanii Baker View in CoL
J. Bot. 5: 236 (1876) ; M. P. de Vos , J. S. African Bot. , Suppl. 9: 165 (1972); Fl . S. Africa 7(2), fasc. 2: 48 (1983). — Type: MacOwan 1547, South Africa, Eastern Cape, Somerset East , Boschberg (lecto-, K!, designated by M. P. DE VOS, 1972; isolecto-, BM, BOL!, G, GRA, P, PRE!) .
Plants 20-40 cm, stem subterranean; corm with a crescent-shaped basal ridge. Leaves 3-6, basal, filiform, narrowly 4-grooved, 0.6-1 mm diam.; outer bracts submembranous below, inner bracts submembranous with greenish apices. Flowers tubular below, golden-yellow with the cup and often the lower half of the tepals orange, perianth tube 14-65 mm long, tepals elliptic, (10-) 15-45 mm; filaments 5-10 mm, anthers 5-12 mm. Fruiting peduncles recurved. Flowering: mainly Jan.-May.
A species of montane grassland and stony plateaus, Romulea macowanii extends from Somerset East in the west to the high Drakensberg in eastern Lesotho. It is one of only three yellow-flowered species of Romulea that occur in the southern African summer-rainfall zone and is distinguished among all yellow-flowered species in the genus by its long, funnelshaped perianth tube, 14-65 mm long.
J |
University of the Witwatersrand |
M |
Botanische Staatssammlung München |
P |
Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants |
S |
Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
K |
Royal Botanic Gardens |
BM |
Bristol Museum |
BOL |
University of Cape Town |
G |
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève |
GRA |
Albany Museum |
PRE |
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) |
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