Tulbaghia
Tulbaghia (wild garlic[2] or society garlic) is a genus of monocotyledonous herbaceous perennial bulbs native to Africa,[1] belonging to the Amaryllis family. It is one of only two known genera in the society garlic tribe within the onion subfamily.[3] The genus was named for Ryk Tulbagh (1699–1771), one time governor of The Cape of Good Hope.[4]
Society garlic | |
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Tulbaghia violacea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Tribe: | Tulbaghieae |
Genus: | Tulbaghia L. 1771, conserved name not Heister 1755 |
Synonyms[1] | |
Omentaria Salisb. |
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Most species are native to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. As is common to many members of the Allioideae, when their leaves are bruised they produce a distinct garlic smell, hence its common name. The flowers are borne in an umbel. Each flower has six narrow tepals. A characteristic of the genus is that there is a "corona" – a raised crown-like structure – at the centre of the flower. This may be small and scale-like or may be larger, somewhat like the trumpet of a small narcissus.[5]
- Tulbaghia acutiloba Harv. – Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa
- Tulbaghia aequinoctialis Welw. ex Baker – Angola
- Tulbaghia alliacea L.f., syn. Tulbaghia affinis – Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa
- Tulbaghia calcarea Engl. & Krause – Namibia
- Tulbaghia cameronii Baker – Cameroon, Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia
- Tulbaghia capensis L. – Cape Province
- Tulbaghia cernua Fisch. – Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa
- Tulbaghia coddii Vosa & R.B.Burb. – Mpumalanga
- Tulbaghia cominsii Vosa – Cape Province
- Tulbaghia dregeana Kunth – Cape Province
- Tulbaghia friesii Suess. – Nyanga Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe
- Tulbaghia galpinii Schltr. – Cape Province
- Tulbaghia leucantha Baker – Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia
- Tulbaghia ludwigiana Harv. – Swaziland, South Africa
- Tulbaghia luebbertiana Engl. & Krause – Namibia
- Tulbaghia macrocarpa Vosa – Zimbabwe
- Tulbaghia montana Vosa – Cape Province
- Tulbaghia natalensis Baker – Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
- Tulbaghia nutans Vosa – Mpumalanga
- Tulbaghia pretoriensis Vosa & Condy – Gauteng
- Tulbaghia rhodesica R.E.Fr. – Tanzania, Zambia
- Tulbaghia simmleri Beauverd – Northern Province
- Tulbaghia tenuior K.Krause & Dinter – Cape Province, Namibia
- Tulbaghia transvaalensis Vosa – Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal
- Tulbaghia verdoornia Vosa & R.B.Burb. – Cape Province
- Tulbaghia violacea Harv. – Society garlic[7] – Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal; naturalized in Tanzania + Mexico
- formerly included[1]
A few names have been coined using the name Tulbaghia, but applied to species now considered better suited to the genus Agapanthus. We porovide links to help you find appropriate information.
- Tulbaghia africana – Agapanthus africanus
- Tulbaghia heisteri – Agapanthus africanus
- Tulbaghia minor – Agapanthus africanus
- Tulbaghia praecox – Agapanthus praecox
References
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-11-13, search for "Tulbaghia"
- "Tulbaghia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Allioideae
- Gledhill, D. (1994), The Names of Plants, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-36675-5, p. 189
- Armitage, James (August 2007), "Time for Tulbaghia", The Garden, 136 (8): 524–527
- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Red List of South African Plants, search for Tulbaghia
- Tulbaghia violacea on Floridata
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