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Two new species of Romulea (Iridaceae: Crocoideae) from the west ern Karoo, Northern Cape and notes on infrageneric classification and range extensions
Submitted: 29 August 2004 | Published: 02 September 2004
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J. C. Manning, Compton Herbarium, National Botanical Institute, South AfricaP. Goldblatt, B A. Krukofl Curator of African Botany. Missouri Botanical Garden, South Africa
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Two new species of Romulea are described from Northern Cape, raising the number of species in southern Africa to 76. R. collina J.C.Manning & Goldblatl is endemic to the Hantamsberg near Calvinia. It is distinguished in subgenus Spatalanthus by its clumped habit, yellow flowers with dark markings in the throat, and short papery bracts. A re-examination of relationships within the subgenus suggests that section Cruciatae is not monophyletic and it is accordingly no longer recognized as separate from section Spatalanthus. R. eburnea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt is a distinctive species of subgenus Spatalanthus from the Komsberg near Sutherland. It is distinguished by its golden yellow flowers with the apical third of the tepals coloured pale creamy apricot, bracts with broad, translucent margins and tips, and an unusually long perianth tube, 10-13 mm long.
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