Amaryllidaceae
Tulbaghia

Tulbaghia leucantha Baker

First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 6: 404 (1897)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zambia to S. Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Burbidge, R.B. (1978). A revision of the genus Tulbaghia (Liliaceae). Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 36: 77-104.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in F.C. 6: 404 (1896).
  • ―Burbidge in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 36: 92 (1978).
  • ―Vosa in Ann. Bot. (Roma) 34: 96 (1975).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Burbidge, R.B. (1978). A revision of the genus Tulbaghia (Liliaceae). Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 36: 77-104.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wild, H. [4241] Zimbabwe K:SPC-04510.000 No
Wood, J.M. [1200] South Africa K000365520 Type Yes
Wood, J.M. [4408] South Africa K000365523 Type Yes
Rehmann, A. [4842] South Africa K000365521 Type Yes
Tyson [1208] South Africa K000365522 Syntype Yes
Dieterlen [361] South Africa Tulbaghia dieterlenii K000365519 Type Yes
Dieterlen [361] South Africa Tulbaghia dieterlenii K000365517 Type Yes
Dieterlen [361] South Africa Tulbaghia dieterlenii K000365518 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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