# Romnalda

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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Romnalda strobilacea imported from iNaturalist photo 180203280 on 3 November 2023.jpg
| image_caption = ''Romnalda strobilacea''
| taxon = Romnalda
| authority = [P.F.Stevens](/source/Peter_F._Stevens)<ref name=APNI/>
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'''''Romnalda''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [monocotyledonous](/source/monocotyledonous) plants in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Asparagaceae](/source/Asparagaceae), subfamily [Lomandroideae](/source/Lomandroideae).<ref name=Angiosperm-Phylogeny-Website/> (They have also been placed in the [Xanthorrhoeaceae](/source/Xanthorrhoeaceae).) {{As of|2013|Dec}} four formally named species are known and accepted by botanical science.<ref name=APNI/><ref name=Conran-et-al.-2008/><ref name=WCSP-Romnalda/>

The name ''Romnalda'' is an [anagram](/source/anagram) of ''[Lomandra](/source/Lomandra)'', a related though more common genus of hard–leaved lily-like plants. The genus ''Romnalda'' differs from Lomandra in growing exclusively in [rainforests](/source/rainforests) and having sparsely branched [inflorescences](/source/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](/source/Pandanus)''.
Species of ''Romnalda'' grow naturally in [Queensland](/source/Queensland) and [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea).

==Species==
* ''[R. grallata](/source/Romnalda_grallata)'' – restricted to [cloud forests](/source/cloud_forests) on a few misty peaks in the [Daintree Rainforest](/source/Daintree_Rainforest), [Wet Tropics region](/source/Wet_Tropics_of_Queensland), north-eastern Queensland.<ref name=Coopers-2004/><ref name="RFK"/>
* ''[R. ophiopogonoides](/source/Romnalda_ophiopogonoides)'',<ref name=Conran-et-al.-2008/> synonym: ''Romnalda'' sp. Cooper Creek (P.I.Forster+ PIF4402) Qld Herbarium – only found in a few isolated locations around [Cooper Creek](/source/Cooper_Creek), [Wet Tropics region](/source/Wet_Tropics_of_Queensland), north-eastern Queensland; and has obtained the [Queensland](/source/Queensland) government's official conservation status listing of "vulnerable" species.<ref name=QLD-NatureConWiR06/>
* ''[R. papuana](/source/Romnalda_papuana)'' – only found in a handful of locations in [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea) including the island of [New Britain](/source/New_Britain).<ref name=PNG-Herbarium-poster/>
* ''[R. strobilacea](/source/Romnalda_strobilacea)'' – restricted to [basaltic](/source/basaltic) soils north of Brisbane in [South East Queensland](/source/South_East_Queensland), Australia;<ref name=Mangroves-to-Mountains/> and has obtained the Australian national and [Queensland](/source/Queensland) governments' official conservation status listings of "vulnerable" species.<ref name=QLD-NatureConWiR06/><ref name=EPBC-SPRAT-R.-strobilacea/>

== References ==
{{Reflist | 27em | refs=

<ref name=APNI>
{{Cite web
 | title= ''Romnalda''%
 | url= http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Romnalda%25 | accessdate= 8 Dec 2013 
 | type= listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia
 | work= [Australian Plant Name Index](/source/Australian_Plant_Name_Index) (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database
 | publisher= Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government
}}
</ref>

<ref name=Angiosperm-Phylogeny-Website>
{{Cite web | last1= Stevens | first1= Peter F. | orig-year= 2001 onwards | date= Sep 2013 | url= http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Laxmanniaceae | title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website – Asparagales: Lomandroideae | version= Version 13, 28 Sep 2013 with ongoing updates | accessdate= 1 Dec 2013 }}
</ref>

<ref name=Conran-et-al.-2008>
{{Cite journal | last1= Conran | first1= John G. | last2= Forster | first2= Paul I. | last3= Donnon | first3= Mathew | year= 2008 | title= ''Romnalda ophiopogonoides'' (Asparagales: Laxmanniaceae), a new and endangered species from the Wet Tropics bioregion of north-east Queensland | journal= Telopea | volume= 12 | issue= 2 | doi= 10.7751/telopea20085808 | at= pp. 167-178, figs. 3-5 | url= http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/95394/Tel122167Con.pdf | accessdate= 8 Dec 2013 }}
</ref>

<ref name=WCSP-Romnalda>
{{Cite web | title= ''Romnalda''| work= [World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](/source/World_Checklist_of_Selected_Plant_Families) | publisher= [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) | url= http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Romnalda | accessdate= 4 Dec 2013 }}
</ref>

<ref name=Mangroves-to-Mountains>
{{Cite book | author= S.G.A.P. (Qld Region) Logan River Branch Inc | year= 2005 | title= Mangroves to Mountains: A field guide to the native plants of south-east Queensland | volume= 2 | location= Browns Plains, Qld | publisher= Logan River Branch SGAP (Qld Region) Inc. }}
</ref>

<ref name=QLD-NatureConWiR06>
{{Cite web | url= http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/N/NatureConWiR06.pdf | author= Queensland Government | date= 27 Sep 2013 | title= Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006 | page= 55 | work= Nature Conservation Act 1992 | location= Australia | publisher= | version= Online, accessed from www.legislation.qld.gov.au | accessdate= 1 Dec 2013 }}
</ref>

<ref name="RFK">{{cite web |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Romnalda_grallata.htm |title=''Romnalda grallata'' |website=[Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants](/source/Australian_Tropical_Rainforest_Plants) Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government) |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>

<ref name=Coopers-2004>
{{Cite book
| last1= Cooper | first1= Wendy
| last2= Cooper | first2= William T. | authorlink2= William T. Cooper
|date=June 2004
| contribution= ''Romnalda'' P.F.Stevens
| contribution-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=s0JFAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Romnalda%22
| title= Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest
| page= 561
| place= Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia
| publisher= Nokomis Editions
| isbn= 9780958174213
| url= http://nokomis.com.au/fruits.html
| accessdate= 1 Dec 2013
}}
</ref>

<ref name=PNG-Herbarium-poster>
Papua New Guinea National Herbarium, Lae, Morobe Province, Poster Ecology and Conservation of ''Romnalda papuana''.
</ref>

<ref name=EPBC-SPRAT-R.-strobilacea>
{{SPRAT | id= 5948 | name= ''Romnalda strobilacea'' | accessdate= 5 Dec 2013 }}
</ref>

}}

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

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