Tulbaghia
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| clade: | Angiosperms |
| clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Tulbaghia |
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Tulbaghia is a monocotyledonous genus of herbaceous perennial bulbs native to Africa belonging to the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Allioideae.[1]
Most species are native to the Eastern Cape of South Africa. As is common to members of the Allioideae, when their leaves are bruised they produce a distinct garlic smell. 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.[2]
[edit] Species
According to the Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as of November 2011[update], the genus contains the following species:[3]
- Tulbaghia acutiloba Harv.
- Tulbaghia aequinoctialis Welw. ex Baker
- Tulbaghia alliacea L.f., syn. Tulbaghia affinis
- Tulbaghia calcarea Engl. & Krause
- Tulbaghia cameronii Baker
- Tulbaghia capensis L.
- Tulbaghia cernua Fisch.
- Tulbaghia coddii Vosa & R.B.Burb.
- Tulbaghia cominsii Vosa
- Tulbaghia dregeana Kunth
- Tulbaghia friesii Suess.
- Tulbaghia galpinii Schltr.
- Tulbaghia leucantha Baker
- Tulbaghia ludwigiana Harv.
- Tulbaghia luebbertiana Engl. & Krause
- Tulbaghia macrocarpa Vosa
- Tulbaghia montana Vosa
- Tulbaghia natalensis Baker
- Tulbaghia nutans Vosa
- Tulbaghia pretoriensis Vosa & Condy
- Tulbaghia rhodesica R.E.Fr.
- Tulbaghia simmleri Beauverd
- Tulbaghia tenuior K.Krause & Dinter
- Tulbaghia transvaalensis Vosa
- Tulbaghia verdoornia Vosa & R.B.Burb.
- Tulbaghia violacea Harv. – Society garlic[4]
Unplaced names not accepted in the Kew checklist:[3]
- Tulbaghia bragae Engl.
- Tulbaghia hypoxidea Sm.
- Tulbaghia pauciflora Baker
[edit] References
- ^ Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Allioideae, http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Alliaceae
- ^ Armitage, James (August 2007), "Time for Tulbaghia", The Garden 136 (8): 524–527
- ^ a b World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do, retrieved 2011-11-13, search for "Tulbaghia"
- ^ Tulbaghia violacea on Floridata
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