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 South Africa

Zimbabwe: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
alliacea (L.f.) Thunb.	N,W,C,E	Description, Image
cameronii Baker	N
friesii Suess.[NrEnd]	E
leucantha Baker	W,C,S	Description, Image
macrocarpa Vosa[End]	C
sp. cf. violacea Harv.	C	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Tulbaghia
Flora of Malawi: Tulbaghia
Flora of Mozambique: Tulbaghia
Flora of Zambia: Tulbaghia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Tulbaghia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tulbaghia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tulbaghia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tulbaghia
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iNaturalist: Tulbaghia
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