Tulbaghia

''Tulbaghia'' (wild garlic or society garlic) is a genus of monocotyledonous herbaceous perennial bulbs native to Africa, belonging to the amaryllis family. It is one of only two known genera in the society garlic tribe within the onion subfamily.
The genus was named for Ryk Tulbagh (1699–1771), one time governor of The Cape of Good Hope.

Most species are native to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. As is common to many members of the Allioideae, when their leaves are bruised they produce a distinct garlic smell, hence its common name. 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.

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# ''Tulbaghia acutiloba'' Harv. – Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa
# ''Tulbaghia aequinoctialis'' Welw. ex Baker – Angola
# ''Tulbaghia alliacea'' L.f., syn. ''Tulbaghia affinis'' – Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa
# ''Tulbaghia calcarea'' Engl. & Krause – Namibia
# ''Tulbaghia cameronii'' Baker – Cameroon, Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia
# ''Tulbaghia capensis'' L. – Cape Province
# ''Tulbaghia cernua'' Fisch. – Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa
# ''Tulbaghia coddii'' Vosa & R.B.Burb. – Mpumalanga
# ''Tulbaghia cominsii'' Vosa – Cape Province
# ''Tulbaghia dregeana'' Kunth – Cape Province
# ''Tulbaghia friesii'' Suess. – Nyanga Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe
# ''Tulbaghia galpinii'' Schltr. – Cape Province
# ''Tulbaghia leucantha'' Baker – Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia
# ''Tulbaghia ludwigiana'' Harv. – Eswatini, South Africa
# ''Tulbaghia luebbertiana'' Engl. & Krause – Namibia
# ''Tulbaghia macrocarpa'' Vosa – Zimbabwe
# ''Tulbaghia montana'' Vosa – Cape Province
# ''Tulbaghia natalensis'' Baker – Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
# ''Tulbaghia nutans'' Vosa – Mpumalanga
# ''Tulbaghia pretoriensis'' Vosa & Condy – Gauteng
# ''Tulbaghia rhodesica'' R.E.Fr. – Tanzania, Zambia
# ''Tulbaghia simmleri'' Beauverd – Northern Province
# ''Tulbaghia tenuior'' K.Krause & Dinter – Cape Province, Namibia
# ''Tulbaghia transvaalensis'' Vosa – Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal
# ''Tulbaghia verdoornia'' Vosa & R.B.Burb. – Cape Province
# '' Tulbaghia violacea'' Harv. – Society garlic''Tulbaghia violacea'' on Floridata
/ref> – Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal; naturalized in Tanzania + Mexico

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A few names have been coined using the name ''Tulbaghia'', but applied to species now considered better suited to the genus '' Agapanthus''.
* ''Tulbaghia africana – Agapanthus africanus''
* ''Tulbaghia heisteri – Agapanthus africanus''
* ''Tulbaghia minor – Agapanthus africanus''
* ''Tulbaghia praecox – Agapanthus praecox''

References

Amaryllidaceae genera
Flora of Africa
Allioideae

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