Tulbaghia leucantha, the mountain wild garlic, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, widely distributed in southern Africa.[1][2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[3]
Tulbaghia leucantha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Tulbaghia |
Species: | T. leucantha
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Binomial name | |
Tulbaghia leucantha | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Tulbaghia dieterlenii E.Phillips |
References
edit- ^ a b "Tulbaghia leucantha Baker". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ von Staden, L. (2016). "Mountain Wild Garlic". National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Retrieved 9 April 2021.
Synonyms; ... Tulbaghia friesii Suess., Tulbaghia rhodesica Weim. Common Names; Fonteinknoffel (a), Mountain Wild Garlic (e), Sefothafotha (ss)
- ^ "Tulbaghia leucantha". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 9 April 2021.