Asphodelaceae
Bulbine

Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd.

First published in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 372 (1809)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Kew Plants for Health

  • "SEPASAL database. (RBG Kew, 1999)"
  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"
  • MPNS Import
  • US-FDA GSRS (2025)
  • WHODrug Herbal Substances 2025

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Chase [10256K] K002993739 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [5601] South Africa K002993662 Yes
Mauve, A.A. [4992] South Africa K002993658 Yes
Long, F.R. [176] South Africa K002993663 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002993740 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [2098] South Africa K002993657 Yes
Retief, E. [345] South Africa K002993659 Yes
s.coll. [5] South Africa K002993738 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] South Africa K002993661 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [6630] South Africa K002993660 Yes
K:SPC-22063.000 No
Theron, G.C. [639] South Africa Bulbine caulescens K002993449 Yes
s.coll. [12] South Africa Bulbine caulescens K002993445 Yes
Long, F.R. [556] South Africa Bulbine caulescens K002993456 Yes
Drège [8742] South Africa Bulbine caulescens K002993454 Yes
MacOwan [2012] Bulbine caulescens K002993443 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Bulbine caulescens K002993442 Yes
Drège [8762 c] Bulbine caulescens K002993451 Yes
Thode, J. [A624] Bulbine caulescens K002993446 Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa Bulbine caulescens K002993447 Yes
Cooper, T. [3306] South Africa Bulbine caulescens K002993452 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Bulbine caulescens K002993733 Yes
s.coll. [291] South Africa Bulbine caulescens K002993458 Yes
s.coll. [[2012]] Bulbine caulescens K002993444 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [4317] Zimbabwe Bulbine caulescens K002993732 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Bulbine caulescens K002993460 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [2550] Bulbine caulescens K002993450 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Bulbine caulescens K002993440 Yes
s.coll. [3618] Bulbine caulescens K002993439 Yes
MacOwan, P. [1893] South Africa Bulbine caulescens K002993453 Yes
Theron, G.C. [709] South Africa Bulbine caulescens K002993448 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [5953] Bulbine caulescens K002993457 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa Bulbine caulescens K002993461 Yes
Drège [8742] Bulbine caulescens K002993455 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Bulbine caulescens K002993441 Yes
Long, F.R. [529] South Africa Bulbine caulescens K002993459 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images