Asphodelaceae

Bulbine Wolf

First published in Gen. Pl.: 84 (1776), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is NE. Tropical to S. Africa, Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Queensland, Rwanda, Somalia, South Australia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Uganda, Victoria, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Italy, Romania

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Geerinck, D.J.L. (2015). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Asphodelaceae: 1-43. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Pope, G.V. (ed.) (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Baijnath, Taxonomic studies in the genus Bulbine Wolf, Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Reading (unpubl.) (1977).
  • Gen. Pl.: 84 (1776), nom. conserv.
  • J.G. Baker in F.C. 6: 359 (1896)
  • in F.T.A. 7: 475 (1898).

Flora of Somalia

  • Baijnath, H. (1977). Taxonomic studies in the genus Bulbine Wolf, sensu lat. (PhD thesis, University of Reading).
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Pl.: 84 (1776)
  • R. Ross in Acta Bot. Neerl. 15: 155 (1966)
  • R.A. Dyer, Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl.: 924 (1976)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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