1215.020 Tulbaghia
Meerts, P. (2020) Amaryllidaceae sous-fam. Allioideae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique
Description of the genus
Herbs, smelling strongly of onions. Rootstock a rhizome or bulb. Flowers in umbels, subtended by 2 spathe-like bracts, borne on a solitary peduncle. Perianth segments united into a tube for about half their length; mouth of tube with a fleshy corona which is cylindric or composed of 3 free scales. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds numerous, triangular, black. Derivation of name: After Rijk Tulbagh (1699-1771), a Dutch governor of the Cape of Good Hope Worldwide: 22 species in tropical and South Africa Zambia: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| alliacea (L.f.) Thunb. | W | Description, Image |
| cameronii Baker | N,W,E,S | Description |
| leucantha Baker | S | Description, Image |
| rhodesica R.E. Fr. [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | N | Description, Image |
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Flora of Botswana: TulbaghiaFlora of the DRC: Tulbaghia
Flora of Malawi: Tulbaghia
Flora of Mozambique: Tulbaghia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Tulbaghia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Tulbaghia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): TulbaghiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tulbaghia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tulbaghia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Tulbaghia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tulbaghia
JSTOR Plant Science: Tulbaghia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tulbaghia
Plants of the World Online: Tulbaghia
Tropicos: Tulbaghia
Wikipedia: Tulbaghia