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1215.020 Tulbaghia
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 S Africa |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| alliacea (L.f.) Thunb. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E | |
| cameronii Baker | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N | |
| friesii Suess.[End] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| leucantha Baker | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C,S | Description, Image |
| macrocarpa Vosa[End] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C | |
| sp. cf. violacea Harv. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Tulbaghia:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Tulbaghia pageFlora of Mozambique: Tulbaghia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Tulbaghia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Tulbaghia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Tulbaghia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tulbaghia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tulbaghia
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Tulbaghia
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