Naming
Derivation of the botanical name:Romulea , named for Romulus, one of the mythical founders of Rome in 753 BCE, son of Mars and Rhea Silvia and twin brother of Remus (together they were abandoned as babies, suckled and raised by a she-wolf); the type species of the genus being common around Rome.
Phoenicia , Greek phoinix, purple-red, a reference to a dye traditionally produced by the Phoenicians in the city of Tyre. Royal Purple, or Tyrian purple, is derived from the mucus secreting gland of the Spiny Murex snail.
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