Bulbine 

Location & distribution maps

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Flowers

• The flowers are usually yellow, with bearded stamens; some species have white, orange, or pink flowers

• Several species are grown in gardens, especially B. frutescens 

• 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 (including Bulbine lolita, the smallest of all succulent Monocots), and soft annuals

• Many of the dwarf species have small, dome-shaped tubers

Fruit:                            

Leaves:         

• 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

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Habit:        

• Bulbine is a genus of succulent plants with flowers borne in lax or compound racemes

• Dormancy usually extends from late spring to autumn, but it varies among species and in different conditions

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Distribution:                  

• It is found chiefly in Southern Africa, with a few species extending into tropical Africa and a few others in Australia and Yemen

Additional notes:     

• • Species

    • Species include:

      • 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.[9]

      • 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

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbine (2024)