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Bulbinella
Bulbinella is a genus of plant in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, first described as a genus in 1843. Many species are endemic to Cape Province in western South Africa, confined to the winter rainfall area. Other species are endemic to New Zealand, where they are most common in the central Otago region which enjoys a similar climate to the Cape Region of South Africa.
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Water Catstail
speciesBulbinella nutans
Bulbinella angustifolia
speciesBulbinella angustifolia
White Catstail
speciesBulbinella cauda-felis
Threenerve Catstail
speciesBulbinella trinervis
Ross Lily
speciesBulbinella rossii
Maori Onion
speciesBulbinella hookeri
Three-angle Catstail
speciesBulbinella triquetra
Broadleaf Catstail
speciesBulbinella latifolia
Bulbinella gibbsii
speciesBulbinella gibbsii
Autumn Catstail
speciesBulbinella divaginata
Birdsnest Catstail
speciesBulbinella elegans
Pale Catstail
speciesBulbinella eburniflora
Bulbinella punctulata
speciesBulbinella punctulata
Bulbinella modesta
speciesBulbinella modesta
Bulbinella barkerae
speciesBulbinella barkerae
Fine Catstail
speciesBulbinella gracilis
Bulbinella elata
speciesBulbinella elata
Malgas Catstail
speciesBulbinella potbergensis
Grass Catstail
speciesBulbinella graminifolia
Bulbinella chartacea
speciesBulbinella chartacea
Kamies Catstail
speciesBulbinella ciliolata
Jakobsbaai Catstail
speciesBulbinella calcicola
Bulbinella talbotii
speciesBulbinella talbotii
Bulbinella floribunda
speciesBulbinella floribunda
Bulbinella nana
speciesBulbinella nana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 120057.