Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY, via GBIF · observed growing wild

Babiana tubaeformis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Purpletube Bobbejaantjie

No habitat climate 1 photograph Bulb, tuber or caudex

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Summary

Babiana tubaeformis is a species of geophytic, perennial flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is part of the fynbos ecoregion. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs on the Piketberg. It has a range of 16 km2 and there are two subpopulations. More on Wikipedia ›

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About the genus · Babiana

Babiana is a genus of geophytes in the family Iridaceae with 93 recognized species as of March 2022. The leaves consist of a stalk and a blade that are at an angle to each other. The leaf blades are entire, laterally flattened and pleated, and often hairy. More on Wikipedia ›

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Family

Iridaceae

Described by

Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Native to

Cape Provinces

Wild records

1 in range· 0 open

Also known as Babiana longiflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Babiana stricta var. grandiflora G.J.Lewis.

Cultivation

Grouped as a bulb, tuber or caudex by the genus Babiana, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Only 1 distinct land cell of the climate grid holds an in-range record; three are needed for an envelope.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.

No openly licensed record to show inside the range.

NativeCape Provinces

Kew's description“tuberous geophyte” · “subtropical”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here

Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 1 georeferenced record inside the native range; none carries a licence permitting republication, so the map shows no points. Under a dozen records: treat the map as indicative. No climate envelope is derived for this species.

Photographs: iNaturalist did not answer when this page was built; what is shown came from the sources that did.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Babiana tubaeformis, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

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