Amaryllidaceae
Tulbaghia

Tulbaghia alliacea L.f.

First published in Suppl. Pl.: 193 (1782)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Suppl. Pl.: 193 (1781).
  • ―Burbidge in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 36: 84 (1978).
  • ―Vosa in Ann. Bot. (Roma) 34: 70 (1975).

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.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Fanshawe, D.B. [F2629] Zambia K003748862 Yes
Brain, C.K. [6782] Zimbabwe K003748866 Yes
Lewis, W.H. [6310] South Africa K003748936 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1025] South Africa K003748938 Yes
Bolus, H. [4649] South Africa K003748930 Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Luwiika, B. [11604] Zambia K001622162 Yes
Wilms, F. [1475] South Africa K003748947 Yes
Hillary; Robertson [597] K003748876 Yes
Wild, H. [3680] Zimbabwe K003748863 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F2707] Zambia K003748875 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003749252 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [1846] South Africa K003748944 Yes
Alexander Prior, R.C. [s.n.] K003748940 Yes
Nicholas; Norris [1160] South Africa K003748953 Yes
McLea, J.H.; Bolus, H. [3091] South Africa K003748956 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [21810] South Africa K003748933 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1675] South Africa K003748950 Yes
Nicholas, A. [2001] South Africa K003748959 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [34929] South Africa K003748945 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [10654] South Africa K003748967 Yes
Strey, R.G. [9941] South Africa K003748942 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [Q1193] Zimbabwe K003748870 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003749248 Yes
Chase, N.C. [3327] Zimbabwe K003748869 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K003748957 Yes
Sanderson, J. [429] South Africa K000365529 Type Yes
Compton, R.H. [30562] Eswatini K003748932 Yes
Edwards, D. [4071] South Africa K003748951 Yes
Lewis, W.H. [6260] Zimbabwe K003748872 Yes
Dieterlen, M.; Dieterlen, M. [702] Lesotho K003748955 Yes
Williamson, C. [442] Lesotho K003748969 Yes
Shearing, D. [118] South Africa K003748941 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [K821] Zimbabwe K003748871 Yes
Chase, N.C. [4187] Zimbabwe K003748865 Yes
Chase, N.C. [5307] Zimbabwe K003748868 Yes
Hutton [s.n.] South Africa K003748949 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [H13011] South Africa K003748937 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [1846] South Africa K003748952 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [1653] South Africa K003748943 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [1474] South Africa K003748946 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [K1945] Zimbabwe K003748874 Yes
Strey, R.G. [6999] South Africa K003748968 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003749249 Yes
s.coll. [953] South Africa K003748935 Yes
Martineau, R.A.S. [896] Zimbabwe K003748873 Yes
Baines, J. [s.n.] South Africa K003748948 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003749251 Yes
Bates, G.R. [44257] Zimbabwe K003748864 Yes
Williamson, C. [89] Lesotho K003748966 Yes
Theron, G.C. [942] South Africa K003748939 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1016] South Africa K003748934 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [H13222] South Africa K003748954 Yes
s.coll. [257] South Africa K003748931 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [1653] South Africa K003748958 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [460] Zimbabwe K003748867 Yes

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

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    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

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    • Flora Zambesiaca
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    • '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.
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  • 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

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