Taxon:  Lachenalia bulbifera (Cirillo) Engl.



Summary
Genus:
Lachenalia
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Scilloideae
Tribe:
Hyacintheae
Subtribe:
Massoniinae
Nomen number:
417035
Place of publication:
Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2:321.  1899 (P. F. A. Ascherson & K. O. R. P. P. Graebner, Syn. mitteleur. Fl. 3:279.  1905)
Verified:
06/27/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Phormium bulbiferum Cirillo

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Lachenalia pendula Aiton

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  3. Duncan, G. D. 1988. The Lachenalia handbook. Ann. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 17:47-48.
  4. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage Note: lists as Lachenalia bulbifera (Cirillo) Asch. & Graebn.
  5. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  6. Ingram, J. 1966. Notes on the cultivated Liliaceae. 4. Lachenalia. Baileya 14:130. Note: lists as Lachenalia bulbifera (Cirillo) hort. ex Asch. & Graebn.
  7. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  8. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: lists as Lachenalia bulbifera (Cirillo) Asch. & Graebn.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishred lachenalia  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Swedishröd papegojhyacint  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
2Cultivated    also cult. 
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Cape Province]
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Duncan, G. D. 1988. The Lachenalia handbook. Ann. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 17:47-48.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=417035. Accessed 15 April 2026.