Oziroe

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Scilloideae
Tribus: Oziroeeae
Genus: Oziroe
Species: O. acaulis – O. argentinensis – O. arida – O. biflora – O. pomensis
Name

Oziroe Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 53 (1837)

Type species: Oziroe leuchlora Raf.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Fortunatia J.F.Macbr., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 11: 9 (1931).

References

Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.S. 1837. Fl. Tellur. 3: 53

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Oziroe in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Oziroe. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 05 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Oziroe in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 05.
Tropicos.org 2019. Oziroe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Feb. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Oziroe in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Romnalda is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae.[2] (They have also been placed in the Xanthorrhoeaceae.) As of December 2013 four formally named species are known and accepted by botanical science.[1][3][4]

The name Romnalda is an anagram of Lomandra, a related though more common genus of hard–leaved lily-like plants. The genus Romnalda differs from Lomandra in growing exclusively in rainforests and having sparsely branched inflorescences with no spines.

Plants have strap-like leaves and grow up to one metre (3 feet) tall often with a trunk and stilt roots reminiscent of a miniature Pandanus. Species of Romnalda grow naturally in Queensland and Papua New Guinea.
Species

R. grallata – restricted to cloud forests on a few misty peaks in the Daintree Rainforest, Wet Tropics region, north-eastern Queensland.[5][6]
R. ophiopogonoides,[3] synonym: Romnalda sp. Cooper Creek (P.I.Forster+ PIF4402) Qld Herbarium – only found in a few isolated locations around Cooper Creek, Wet Tropics region, north-eastern Queensland; and has obtained the Queensland government's official conservation status listing of "vulnerable" species.[7]
R. papuana – only found in a handful of locations in Papua New Guinea including the island of New Britain.[8]
R. strobilacea – restricted to basaltic soils north of Brisbane in South East Queensland, Australia;[9] and has obtained the Australian national and Queensland governments' official conservation status listings of "vulnerable" species.[7][10]

References

"Romnalda%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.
Stevens, Peter F. (Sep 2013) [2001 onwards]. "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website – Asparagales: Lomandroideae". Version 13, 28 Sep 2013 with ongoing updates. Retrieved 1 Dec 2013.
Conran, John G.; Forster, Paul I.; Donnon, Mathew (2008). "Romnalda ophiopogonoides (Asparagales: Laxmanniaceae), a new and endangered species from the Wet Tropics bioregion of north-east Queensland" (PDF). Telopea. 12 (2). pp. 167-178, figs. 3-5. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.
"Romnalda". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 Dec 2013.
Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Romnalda P.F.Stevens". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 561. ISBN 9780958174213. Retrieved 1 Dec 2013.
F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Romnalda grallata". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
Queensland Government (27 Sep 2013). "Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006" (PDF). Nature Conservation Act 1992. Online, accessed from www.legislation.qld.gov.au. Australia. p. 55. Retrieved 1 Dec 2013.
Papua New Guinea National Herbarium, Lae, Morobe Province, Poster Ecology and Conservation of Romnalda papuana.
S.G.A.P. (Qld Region) Logan River Branch Inc (2005). Mangroves to Mountains: A field guide to the native plants of south-east Queensland. Vol. 2. Browns Plains, Qld: Logan River Branch SGAP (Qld Region) Inc.

Romnalda strobilacea, Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia. Retrieved 5 Dec 2013

Henderson, R. J. F. (1986).In: George, A. S. (ed.) Flora of Australia, Vol. 46. Canberra: Australian Government Publishment Service, pp. 91–92