A review ofRomuleaMaratti (Iridaceae) in the Maltese Islands

Plant regeneration from seeds responds to phylogenetic relatedness and local adaptation in Mediterranean Romulea (Iridaceae) species

“…R. columnae and R. ramiflora are widely distributed in the Mediterranean Basin. R. ligustica, R. variicolor, and R. requienii are central Mediterranean endemics Mifsud 2015), while R. insularis and R. linaresii are narrow endemics occurring on Capraia Island (Tuscan Archipelago) and northwest Sicily, respectively Foggi et al 2015). Table 1 shows the different ecological conditions and habitat preferences of the species.…”

“…; Frignani and Iiriti ; Peruzzi et al. ; Karaismailoglu ; Mifsud ), relationships among individual taxa have not been investigated sufficiently, and our knowledge on their ecology, physiology, and evolutionary history is limited (Kök et al. ; Angiolini et al.…”

“…This genus is comprised of about 100 taxa and displays a disjunct distribution pattern, with about 80% of the taxa occurring in southern Africa and on the Arabian Peninsula and the other 20% (about 15 species) occurring in the western parts of the Mediterranean Basin (Goldblatt et al 2008), where they are found in coastal and island ecosystems . While extensive morphological, anatomical, and taxonomical studies on Mediterranean Romulea species already exist (Is ßik and D€ onmez 2007; Coppi et al 2010;Frignani and Iiriti 2011;Peruzzi et al 2011;Karaismailoglu 2015;Mifsud 2015), relationships among individual taxa have not been investigated sufficiently, and our knowledge on their ecology, physiology, and evolutionary history is limited (K€ ok et al 2007;Angiolini et al 2015). Mediterranean Romulea species typically grow in dry or temporarily humid grasslands and pastures mainly comprised of annual species ( Carni et al 2014).…”

Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 9

“…Previously, it was reported by some authors (Haslam et al 1977;Frignani and Iiriti 2001) as Romulea melitensis Béguinot. However, Mifsud (2015) suggested that this taxonomic treatment should be considered as ambiguous, describing the new name R. variicolor. This species was reported for the first time in Sicily by Brullo et al (2009) and later confirmed by Mifsud (2015).…”

Redescubrimiento de "Romulea bulbocodium" en la provincia de Sevilla

“…Como es característico en otras iridáceas con las que comparte afinidades ecológicas y procesos históricos comunes, Romulea ocupa una extensa área de distribución desde su probable centro de origen en el sur del continente africano hasta la cuenca del Mediterráneo, donde presenta un centro secundario de diversidad (Goldblatt 1983, Goldblatt et al 2002b, Valente et al 2011. Las aproximadamente 15 especies mediterráneas de Romulea (Peruzzi et al 2011, Mifsud 2015 constituyen un grupo natural de singular valor sistemático como consecuencia de su historia biogeográfica. Dentro del género, estas especies se incluyen en la sección Romulea, serie Romulea (Manning & Goldblatt 2001).…”