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Tulbaghia cominsii was a geophyte belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family. The species was endemic to the Eastern Cape and appeared in King William's Town. It had a range of only 7 km2 but is now extinct due to a road construction project.
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About the genus · Tulbaghia
Tulbaghia is a genus of monocotyledonous herbaceous perennial bulbs native to Africa, belonging to the amaryllis family. It is the sole genus in the tribe Tulbaghieae, which in the onion subfamily. The genus was named for Ryk Tulbagh (1699–1771), one time governor of The Cape of Good Hope.
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Cultivation
Grouped as a bulb, tuber or caudex, listed under the family Amaryllidaceae in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “bulbous geophyte”.
How this section is made
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Group. Listed under the family Amaryllidaceae in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “bulbous geophyte”. A group is taken only where Kew's description of the species agrees with the table's listing. The table gives no figure and no prose; the cold floor is the habitat's alone.
Climate across the habitat
Natural habitat
Photographs
Photographs: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Related
Other Tulbaghia 10 in the reference
Tulbaghia acutiloba Pungent Wild Garlic Photo: CC BY-SA, Tam
Tulbaghia alliacea Trumpet Garlic Photo: CC BY, Simon Tamblyn
Tulbaghia capensis Cape Garlic Photo: CC0, author not stated Tulbaghia cernua Amaryllidaceae 
Tulbaghia leucantha Highland Wild Garlic Photo: CC BY-SA, alanbedfordshaw
Tulbaghia ludwigiana Scented Wild Garlic Photo: CC BY, Robert Taylor
Tulbaghia maritima Garden Route Garlic Photo: CC BY, Christiaan Viljoen
Tulbaghia natalensis Pink Wild Garlic Photo: CC BY-SA, Tony Rebelo
Tulbaghia simmleri Sweet garlic Photo: CC BY, katuchka
Tulbaghia violacea Society garlic Photo: CC BY, Andrew Gillespie Names & registers
The record
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