- Family: Amaryllidaceae J.St.-Hil.
Tulbaghia L.
This genus is accepted, and its native range is Cameroon, SW. Tanzania to S. Africa.
Descriptions
According to Flora Zambesiaca
[FZ]Flora Zambesiaca Alliaceae by S. Kativu
- Habit
- Perennial geophytic herbs with an alliaceous smell.
- Roots
- Rootstock a corm or rhizome.
- Leaves
- Leaves filiform or narrowly linear, in 2 rows.
- Peduncles
- Peduncle solitary, erect.
- Involucre
- Involucral bracts 2, ovate acuminate to narrowly lanceolate.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescences 3–40-flowered.
- Perianth
- Perianth segments united into a tube for about half the length, bearing 3 or more free scales or a fleshy tubular corona.
- Anthers
- Anthers sessile in 2 whorls.
- Ovary
- Ovary superior; style short; stigma capitate.
- Fruits
- Capsule dehiscing loculicidally, surrounded by a persistent perianth; seeds black, trigonal.
According to Flora of Tropical East Africa
[FTEA]Alliaceae, Sarah Smith & Jonathan Stansbie. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2003
- Habit
- Perennial herbs smelling strongly of onions, with a ± swollen and irregularly shaped rhizome (rarely a corm or bulb) surrounded by dry sheathing leaf-bases
- Leaves
- Leaves 4–8, strap-shaped filiform, distichous, base forming a very short closed sheath
- Scape
- Scape solitary (–2), erect
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence umbellate, subtended by 2 spathaceous bracts; pedicels subtended by smaller membranous bracts
- Flowers
- Flowers 3–40, opening in succession, with the outer opening first
- Perianth
- Perianth segments united into a tube for about half their length; tube with a corona of 3 or more free fleshy scales or a fleshy tube (in all East African species)
- Anthers
- Anthers sessile in 2 whorls, 1 whorl usually inserted on the corona
- Pistil
- Style short; stigma capitate
- Fruits
- Fruit surrounded by remains of perianth
- Seeds
- Seeds black, flat.
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Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Mexico Central
Accepted Species
- Tulbaghia acutiloba Harv.
- Tulbaghia aequinoctialis Welw. ex Baker
- Tulbaghia alliacea L.f.
- Tulbaghia calcarea Engl. & Krause
- Tulbaghia cameronii Baker
- Tulbaghia capensis L.
- Tulbaghia cernua Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
- Tulbaghia coddii Vosa & R.B.Burb.
- Tulbaghia cominsii Vosa
- Tulbaghia dregeana Kunth
- Tulbaghia friesii Suess.
- Tulbaghia galpinii Schltr.
- Tulbaghia leucantha Baker
- Tulbaghia ludwigiana Harv.
- Tulbaghia luebbertiana Engl. & Krause
- Tulbaghia macrocarpa Vosa
- Tulbaghia maritima Vosa
- Tulbaghia montana Vosa
- Tulbaghia natalensis Baker
- Tulbaghia nutans Vosa
- Tulbaghia pretoriensis Vosa & Condy
- Tulbaghia rhodesica R.E.Fr.
- Tulbaghia siebertii (Vosa) Mich.Möller & G.I.Stafford
- Tulbaghia simmleri Beauverd
- Tulbaghia tenuior K.Krause & Dinter
- Tulbaghia transvaalensis Vosa
- Tulbaghia verdoornia Vosa & R.B.Burb.
- Tulbaghia violacea Harv.
Synonyms
Other Data
Tulbaghia L. appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Mant. Pl.: 148 (1771)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- ―Burbidge in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 36: 77–103 (1978).
- ―Vosa in Ann. Bot. (Roma) 34: 47–121 (1975).
- Mant. Pl. Alt.: 148 (1771), nom. conserv.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- R.B. Burb. in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin. 36: 77–103 (1978)
- Neck, Elem. 3: 188 (1790)
- Mant. Alt. 2: 148 (1771) (as Tulbagia)
Sources
Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0