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violacea

Taxon

Tulbaghia violacea Harv.

Protologue Bot. Mag. 64: t. 3555. 1837BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Tulbaghia violacea--Costa Rica. San Jose, Hotel Bougainvillea. 2 Mch 02. 002.jpg

Tulbaghia violacea--Costa Rica. San Jose, Hotel Bougainvillea. 2 Mch 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tulbaghia violacea--Costa Rica. San Jose, Hotel Bougainvillea.2 Mch 02. 001.jpg

Tulbaghia violacea--Costa Rica. San Jose, Hotel Bougainvillea.2 Mch 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal; introduced into Italy, Mexico Central, Tanzania, Tunisia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

March 2, 2002

Location

Tanzania, Mbeya, Mbeya (Mshewe, Hotel Bougainvillea)

-8.8275, 33.263889

Location Remarks

Pungaluma Hills, NE of Mshewe Village, above Utengule Coffee Estate factory in miombo woodland on W-facing slope. 1500 m elev.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Amaryllidaceae

Genus

Tulbaghia

Specific Epithet

violacea

Authorship

Harv.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.9

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#109,105 of 335,497

Top 33%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →