1215.020 Tulbaghia L.

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

Tulbaghia leucantha

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SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
alliacea (L.f.) Thunb.N,W,C,E
cameronii BakerN
friesii Suess.[End]E
leucantha BakerW,C,SDescription, Image
macrocarpa Vosa[End]C
sp. cf. violacea Harv.CDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Tulbaghia:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Tulbaghia page
Flora 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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Tulbaghia.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=371, retrieved 19 June 2013

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