Bulbine

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asphodelaceae
Subfamilia: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Bulbine
Species: (80)
B. abyssinica – B. alata – B. alooides – B. alveolata – B. angustifolia – B. annua – B. asphodeloides – B. bachmannii – B. bruynsii – B. bulbosa – B. capensis – B. capitata – B. cepacea – B. coetzeei – B. crassa – B. cremnophila – B. dactylopsoides – B. diphylla – B. disimilis – B. erectipilosa – B. erumpens – B. esterhuyseniae – B. fallax – B. favosa – B. fistulosa – B. flexicaulis – B. flexuosa – B. foleyi – B. fragilis – B. francescae – B. frutescens – B. glauca – B. haworthioides – B. inamarxiae – B. inflata – B. lagopus – B. lamprophylla – B. latifolia – B. lavrani – B. lolita – B. longifolia – B. louwii – B. macrocarpa – B. margarethae – B. meiringii – B. melanovaginata – B. mesembryanthemoides – B. migiurtina – B. minima – B. monophylla – B. muscicola – B. namaensis – B. narcissifolia – B. navicularifolia – B. ophiophylla – B. pendens – B. pendula – B. praemorsa – B. quartzicola – B. ramosa – B. retinens – B. rhopalophylla – B. rupicola – B. sedifolia – B. semenaliundata – B. semibarbata – B. spongiosa – B. stolonifera – B. striata – B. succulenta – B. suurbergensis – B. thomasiae – B. torsiva – B. torta – B. triebneri – B. truncata – B. vagans – B. vitrea – B. vittatifolia – B. wiesei
Name

Bulbine, Gen. Pl.: 84. 1776, nom. cons.

Typus: B. frutescens
(L.) Willd.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Blephanthera Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 59. 1836
Bulbinopsis Borzí, Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 1: 20. 1897
Nemopogon Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 27. 1837
Phalangium Möhring ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 713. 1891, nom. illeg.

Homonym

Bulbine Gaertn. (1788) = Crinum L.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Zaïre.
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
East Tropical Africa
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
South Tropical Africa
Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Southern Africa
Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen.
Australasia
Australia
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Dec 23 [1].

Links

Emonocot.org 2018. Bulbine in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2018 November 21.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Bulbine in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 November 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Bulbine. Published online. Accessed: 21 November 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Bulbine in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 November 21.
Tropicos.org 2018. Bulbine. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 November 2018.

Vernacular names

Bulbine is a genus of plants in the family Asphodelaceae and subfamily Asphodeloideae,[3] named for the bulb-shaped tuber of many species.[4] It was formerly placed in the Liliaceae.[5] It is found chiefly in Southern Africa, with a few species extending into tropical Africa and a few others in Australia and Yemen.[6][2]

Bulbine is a genus of succulent plants with flowers borne in lax or compound racemes.[6] The flowers are usually yellow, with bearded stamens; some species have white, orange, or pink flowers.[6] Several species are grown in gardens, especially B. frutescens.[6] Species of Bulbine resemble Haworthia and Aloe in appearance, but with soft, fleshy leaves and tuberous roots or a caudex. They are shrubs, weedy perennials, dwarf geophytes, and soft annuals. Many of the dwarf species have small, dome-shaped tubers.

Dormancy usually extends from late spring to autumn, but it varies among species and in different conditions. The leaves die and drop, the roots contract into the caudex, and the aboveground parts wither. Propagation is mostly by seed, but some species form multiple heads or offsets and can be propagated with cuttings.
Bulbine abyssinica, a common species that occurs throughout southern and east Africa.
Bulbine alooides, a species from the southern Cape, South Africa.
Bulbine latifolia
Bulbine frutescens, a species very common in cultivation
Species

Species include:[7]

Bulbine abyssinica A.Rich.
Bulbine alata Baijnath
Bulbine alooides (L.) Willd.
Bulbine alveolata S.A.Hammer
Bulbine angustifolia Poelln.
Bulbine annua (L.) Willd.
Bulbine asphodeloides (L.) Spreng.
Bulbine bachmannii Baker
Bulbine bruynsii S.A.Hammer
Bulbine bulbosa (R.Br.) Haw.
Bulbine capensis Baijnath ex G.Will.
Bulbine capitata Poelln.
Bulbine cepacea (Burm.f.) Wijnands
Bulbine coetzeei Oberm.
Bulbine crassa D.I.Morris & Duretto
Bulbine cremnophila van Jaarsv.
Bulbine crocea Guth.
Bulbine dactylopsoides G.Will.
Bulbine dewetii van Jarssv.[8]
Bulbine diphylla Schltr. ex Poelln.
Bulbine disimilis G.Will.
Bulbine erectipilosa G.Will.
Bulbine erumpens S.A.Hammer
Bulbine esterhuyseniae Baijnath
Bulbine fallax Poelln.
Bulbine favosa (Thunb.) Schult. & Schult.f.
Bulbine flexicaulis Baker
Bulbine flexuosa Schltr.
Bulbine foleyi E.Phillips
Bulbine fragilis G.Williamson
Bulbine francescae G.Will. & Baijnath
Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd.
Bulbine glauca (Raf.) E.M.Watson
Bulbine haworthioides B.Nord.
Bulbine inamarxiae G.Will. & A.P.Dold
Bulbine inflata Oberm.
Bulbine lagopus (Thunb.) N.E.Br.
Bulbine lamprophylla Williamson
Bulbine latifolia (L.f.) Spreng.
Bulbine lavrani G.Will. & Baijnath
Bulbine lolita S.A.Hammer
Bulbine longifolia Schinz
Bulbine louwii L.I.Hall
Bulbine margarethae L.I.Hall
Bulbine meiringii van Jaarsv.
Bulbine melanovaginata G.Will.
Bulbine mesembryanthemoides Haw.
Bulbine minima Baker
Bulbine monophylla Poelln.
Bulbine muscicola G.Will.
Bulbine namaensis Schinz
Bulbine narcissifolia Salm-Dyck
Bulbine navicularifolia G.Will.
Bulbine nutans Roem. & Schult.
Bulbine ophiophylla G.Will.
Bulbine pendens G.Will. & Baijnath
Bulbine pendula Keighery
Bulbine praemorsa (Jacq.) Spreng.
Bulbine quartzicola G.Williamson
Bulbine ramosa van Jaarsv.
Bulbine retinens van Jaarsv. & S.A.Hammer
Bulbine rhopalophylla Dinter
Bulbine rupicola G.Will.
Bulbine sedifolia Schltr. ex Poelln.
Bulbine semenaliundata G.Will.
Bulbine semibarbata (R.Br.) Haw.
Bulbine stolonifera Baijnath ex G.Will.
Bulbine striata Baijnath & Van Jaarsv.
Bulbine succulenta Compton
Bulbine suurbergensis van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk
Bulbine thomasiae van Jaarsv.
Bulbine torsiva G.Williamson
Bulbine torta N.E.Br.
Bulbine triebneri Dinter
Bulbine truncata G.Williamson
Bulbine vagans E.M.Watson
Bulbine vitrea G.Will. & Baijnath
Bulbine vittatifolia G.Williamson
Bulbine wiesei L.I.Hall

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bulbine.

"Bulbine". International Plant Name Index. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Asphodeloideae
"Bulbine bulbosa". Growing Native Plants. Australian National Botanic Gardens. June 19, 2003. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
"PLANTS Profile: Bulbine Wolf". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
"Bulbine abyssinica". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved March 25, 2016
Jaarsveld, Ernst J. Van (2017). "Bulbine dewetii, a New Cliff-Dwelling Bulbine Species (Asphodelaceae) from the Western Cape". Haseltonia. 23: 53–56. doi:10.2985/026.023.0108.