Tulbaghia violacea
Harv. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Tulbaghia violacea's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 001 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Flowers Tulbaghia violacea, known as society garlic (also known as pink agapanthus, wild garlic, sweet garlic, spring bulbs, or spring flowers) is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, indigenous to southern Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and Cape Province), and reportedly naturalized in Tanzania and Mexico.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Growing to 60 cm tall by 25 cm wide, it is a clump-forming perennial with narrow leaves and large clusters of fragrant, violet flowers from midsummer to autumn (fall).Harvey, William Henry 1837. Botanical Magazine 64: t. 3555.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology6
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry1
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Tulbaghia violacea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds9 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2R)-2-amino-3-[(R)-methylsulfanylmethylsulfinyl]propanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R)-2-amino-3-[(S)-ethylsulfinyl]propanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R)-2-azaniumyl-3-[(S)-methylsulfinyl]propanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(1S,2S,4S,5'R,6R,7S,8S,9S,12S,13R,14R,16R)-16-hydroxy-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-14-yl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2R)-4-[(1S,2S,4S,6R,7S,8S,9S,12S,13R,14R,16R)-6,16-dihydroxy-7,9,13-trimethyl-14-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-en-6-yl]-2-methylbutoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-4-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-2-[(1S,2S,4S,5'R,6R,7S,8S,9S,12S,13R,16S)-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl]oxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-2-[[(1S,2S,4S,6R,7S,8S,9S,12S,13R,16S)-6-hydroxy-7,9,13-trimethyl-6-[(3R)-3-methyl-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybutyl]-5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-en-16-yl]oxy]-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| Diosgenin | present | NPASS | |
| methylsulfanyl-[(S)-methylsulfanylmethylsulfinyl]sulfanylmethane | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Tulbaghia violacea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Tulbaghia violacea carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 1214×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +5
2n 242×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · kew
n 66×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · Cave1956supp
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type1 001 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions31 of 42 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Auckland, NZ | 9 |
| Durban, ZA | 9 |
| Saint Louis, US | 8 |
| Denver, US | 5 |
| Tampa, US | 5 |
| Adelaide, AU | 3 |
| Miami, US | 3 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 3 |
| Bangkok, TH | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 2 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 2 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| San Diego, US | 2 |
| Boise, US | 2 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 2 |
| Kensington, AU | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bronx, US | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Viña del Mar, CL | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Irvine, US | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Tulbaghia violacea was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.