''Tulbaghia'' (wild garlic or society garlic) is a

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monocotyledon Monocotyledons (), commonly referred to as monocots, ( Lilianae '' sensu'' Chase & Reveal) are flowering plants whose seeds contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon. A monocot taxon has been in use for several decades, but with various ranks ...

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herbaceous Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition of ...

perennial In horticulture, the term perennial ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. It has thus been defined as a plant that lives more than 2 years. The term is also ...

bulb In botany, a bulb is a short underground stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs duri ...

native Native may refer to: People * '' Jus sanguinis'', nationality by blood * '' Jus soli'', nationality by location of birth * Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory ** Nat ...

to Africa, belonging to the

amaryllis family The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus ''Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryllis fam ...

. It is one of only two known genera in the society garlic tribe within the onion subfamily. The genus was named for

Ryk Tulbagh Ryk Tulbagh (14 May 1699, Utrecht – 11 August 1771, Cape Town) was Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony from 27 February 1751 to 11 August 1771 under the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Tulbagh was the son of Dirk Tulbagh and Catharina Catte ...

(1699–1771), one time governor of The Cape of Good Hope. Most species are native to the

Eastern Cape Province The Eastern Cape ( ; ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, and its largest city is Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). Due to its climate and nineteenth-century towns, it is a common location for tourists. It is also kno ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

. As is common to many members of the Allioideae, when their leaves are bruised they produce a distinct

garlic Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plants in the genus '' Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chives, Welsh onion, and Chinese onion. Garlic is native to central and south Asia, str ...

smell, hence its common name. The flowers are borne in an

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. Each flower has six narrow

tepal A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated (i.e. of very ...

s. 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 Narcissus may refer to: Biology * ''Narcissus'' (plant), a genus containing daffodils and others People * Narcissus (mythology), Greek mythological character * Narcissus (wrestler) (2nd century), assassin of the Roman emperor Commodus * Tiberius ...

. ;Species, search for "Tulbaghia" # '' Tulbaghia acutiloba'' Harv. – Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa # ''

Tulbaghia aequinoctialis ''Tulbaghia aequinoctialis'' is a plant in the family Amaryllidaceae native to Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese ...

'' 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 ;formerly included A few names have been coined using the name ''Tulbaghia'', but applied to species now considered better suited to the genus ''

Agapanthus ''Agapanthus'' () is a genus of plants, the only one in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the family Amaryllidaceae. The family is in the monocot order Asparagales. The name is derived . Some species of ''Agapanthus'' are commonly known as lily o ...

''. * ''Tulbaghia africana –

Agapanthus africanus ''Agapanthus africanus'', or the African lily, is a flowering plant from the genus ''Agapanthus'' found only on rocky sandstone slopes of the winter rainfall fynbos from the Cape Peninsula to Swellendam. It is also known as the lily-of-the-Nile i ...

'' * ''Tulbaghia heisteri –

'' * ''Tulbaghia minor –

'' * ''Tulbaghia praecox –

Agapanthus praecox ''Agapanthus praecox'' (common agapanthus, blue lily, African lily, or lily of the Nile) is a popular garden plant around the world, especially in Mediterranean climates. It is native to the Kwa-Zulu Natal and Western Cape provinces of South Afr ...

References

Amaryllidaceae genera Flora of Africa Allioideae Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Amaryllidaceae-stub