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.
Location
Tanzania, Mbeya, Mbeya (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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Tulbaghia
Specific Epithet
violacea
Authorship
Harv.
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
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#109,105 of 335,497
Top 33%
Extinction probability
11%