Genus: Bulbinella

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae

A total of 23 species, with 17 native to southern Africa and six native to New Zealand. Previously in the Asphodelaceae, which has been sunk under Xanthorrhoeaceae.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Bulbinella barkeriae
Bulbinella cauda-felis
Bulbinella chartacea
Bulbinella ciliolata
Bulbinella divaginata
Bulbinella eburniflora
Bulbinella elata
Bulbinella elegans
Bulbinella gracilis
Bulbinella graminifolia
Bulbinella latifolia
Bulbinella nana
Bulbinella nutans (Waterkatstert)
Bulbinella potbergensis
Bulbinella punctulata
Bulbinella trinervis
Bulbinella triquetra

Publications

• Perry,, P.L. 1987. A synoptic review of the genus Bulbinella (Asphodelaceae) in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 53: 431-444.

• Perry, P.L. 1999. Bulbinella in South Africa. Strelitzia 8: 1-78.