# Albuca

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Albuca shawii.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Albuca shawii](/source/Albuca_shawii)''
| taxon = Albuca
| authority = [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)
| synonyms =
  {{Specieslist
  |Albugoides|Medik.
  |Ardernia|Salisb.
  |Battandiera|Maire
  |Branciona|Salisb.
  |Coilonox|Raf.
  |Ethesia|Raf.
  |Falconera|Salisb.
  |Igidia|Speta
  |Iosanthus|Mart.-Azorín et al.
  |Monotassa|Salisb.
  |Nemaulax|Raf.
  |Osmyne|Salisb.
  |Pallastema|Salisb.
  |Stellarioides|Medik.
  |Taeniola|Salisb.
  |Trimelopter|Raf.
  |Urophyllon|Salisb.
  }}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO"/>
}}

'''''Albuca''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Asparagaceae](/source/Asparagaceae), subfamily [Scilloideae](/source/Scilloideae).<ref name=APweb_Scill/> The genus is distributed mainly in southern and eastern [Africa](/source/Africa), with some species occurring in northern Africa and the [Arabian Peninsula](/source/Arabian_Peninsula).<ref name=Mart11a/> Plants of the genus are known commonly as '''slime lilies'''.<ref name=John12/>

==Description==
These are perennial herbs growing from [bulb](/source/bulb)s. The stem is sheathed in leaves with linear to strap-shaped blades.<ref name=FZ_Albuca/> They can be 8&nbsp;cm to well over 1&nbsp;m long, and are flat or keeled. They are generally fleshy and sappy with a [mucilaginous](/source/Mucilage) juice that inspired the common name "slime lilies".<ref name=Mann08/> The flowers of some species are scented, especially at night. They are borne in [raceme](/source/raceme)s, usually slender, but flat-topped in some species. The flowers may be on stiff, or slender, nodding stalks,<ref name=Mann08/> held erect or drooping. The six [tepal](/source/tepal)s are white to yellow, and each has a green or brown stripe down the centre. The outer three tepals spread open, while the inner three are connivent, curving inward so that the tips meet.<ref name=FZ_Albuca/> There are six [stamen](/source/stamen)s, which have wings at the bases that wrap around the ovary at the centre of the flower. Some species have six fertile stamens, and in others the outer stamens are [staminode](/source/staminode)s which do not produce pollen.<ref name=John12/> The fruit is a rounded or oval three-lobed capsule containing shiny black seeds.<ref name=FZ_Albuca/>

The three inner tepals can be closed firmly, raising the question of how [pollinator](/source/pollinator)s might reach the [stigma](/source/gynoecium) inside to deposit [pollen](/source/pollen).<ref name=John12/> In a study of the interaction between pollinators and ''Albuca'' flowers, [leafcutter bees](/source/megachile) were observed prying open the tepals and squeezing through to obtain the [nectar](/source/nectar) inside. In the process, they left pollen on the tips of the tepals, where it absorbed fluid, [germinated](/source/germination), and fertilized ovules. This was the first known case of flower petals performing the function of the stigma.<ref name=John12/> The only thing even distantly similar is ''[Lacandonia schismatica](/source/Lacandonia_schismatica)'' where the pollen tube travels down the stamen, across the base and up the pistils to pollinate from below.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}<ref>{{cite journal | last= Mestel | first= Rosie | date= January 1995 | title= Is that a Pistil in Your Pocket? | journal= Discover | volume= 16 | issue= 1 | pages= 88–89}}</ref>

==Systematics==
The genus is [circumscribed](/source/Circumscription_(taxonomy)) in two ways. The traditional genus ''Albuca'' is a [monophyletic](/source/monophyly) group of about 60 known species,<ref name=Mart11b/> and possibly about 100 in total.<ref name=Mart11c/> Other authorities have considered ''Albuca'' in a wider sense, including such genera as ''Stellarioides'', ''Coilonox'', ''Trimelopter'', and ''Battandiera'', with a total of 110 to 180 very heterogeneous species;<ref name=Mart11a/> All of these genera, including ''Albuca'', have also been lumped together in ''[Ornithogalum](/source/Ornithogalum)'' at times, but [molecular phylogenetics](/source/molecular_phylogenetics) studies support their separation.<ref name=Mart11c/>

===Species===
The genus, as defined in the ''[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)'' database, contains 167 accepted species {{as of|2025|July|lc=on}}.<ref name="POWO">{{cite POWO |title=''Albuca'' L. |id=23948-1 |access-date=2025-07-05}}</ref>
{{div col}}
* ''[Albuca abyssinica](/source/Albuca_abyssinica)'' <small>Jacq.</small> – Tropical & S. Africa, S.W. Arabian Peninsula
* ''[Albuca acuminata](/source/Albuca_acuminata)'' <small>Baker</small> – Namibia to W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca adlami](/source/Albuca_adlami)'' <small>Baker</small> – Northern Province 
* ''[Albuca albucoides](/source/Albuca_albucoides)'' <small>(Aiton) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca amboensis](/source/Albuca_amboensis)'' <small>(Schinz) Oberm.</small> – Namibia to Botswana
* ''[Albuca amoena](/source/Albuca_amoena)'' <small>(Batt.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – N.W. Sahara
* ''[Albuca anisocrispa](/source/Albuca_anisocrispa)'' <small>Mart.-Azorín & M.B.Crespo</small> – E. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca annulata](/source/Albuca_annulata)'' <small>Mart.-Azorín & M.B.Crespo</small> – Eastern Cape Province
* ''[Albuca arenosa](/source/Albuca_arenosa)'' <small>J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca aurea](/source/Albuca_aurea)'' <small>Jacq.</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca autumnula](/source/Albuca_autumnula)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca bakeri](/source/Albuca_bakeri)'' <small>Mart.-Azorín & M.B.Crespo</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca barbata](/source/Albuca_barbata)'' <small>(Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca batteniana](/source/Albuca_batteniana)'' <small>Hilliard & B.L.Burtt</small> – S. Cape Province – wild coast albuca<ref name=SANBI_Ab/> 
* ''[Albuca bifolia](/source/Albuca_bifolia)'' <small>Baker</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca bifoliata](/source/Albuca_bifoliata)'' <small>R.A.Dyer</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca boucheri](/source/Albuca_boucheri)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca bracteata](/source/Albuca_bracteata)'' <small>(Thunb.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – E. Cape Province to KwaZulu-Natal
* ''[Albuca bruce-bayeri](/source/Albuca_bruce-bayeri)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca buchananii](/source/Albuca_buchananii)'' <small>Baker</small> – S. Tropical Africa
* ''[Albuca buffelspoortensis](/source/Albuca_buffelspoortensis)'' <small>van Jaarsv.</small> – Western Cape
* ''[Albuca canadensis](/source/Albuca_canadensis)'' <small>(L.) F.M.Leight.</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca candida](/source/Albuca_candida)'' <small>(Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca caudata](/source/Albuca_caudata)'' <small>Jacq.</small> – S.E. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca chartacea](/source/Albuca_chartacea)'' <small>(Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & A.P.Dold) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Eastern Cape Province
* ''[Albuca chlorantha](/source/Albuca_chlorantha)'' <small>Welw. ex Baker</small> – Angola
* ''[Albuca ciliaris](/source/Albuca_ciliaris)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca clanwilliamae-gloria](/source/Albuca_clanwilliamae-gloria)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca collina](/source/Albuca_collina)'' <small>Baker</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca concordiana](/source/Albuca_concordiana)'' <small>Baker</small> – Namibia to Cape Province
* ''[Albuca consanguinea](/source/Albuca_consanguinea)'' <small>(Kunth) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca cooperi](/source/Albuca_cooperi)'' <small>Baker</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca corymbosa](/source/Albuca_corymbosa)'' <small>Baker</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca costatula](/source/Albuca_costatula)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca craibii](/source/Albuca_craibii)'' <small>(Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & A.P.Dold) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – North-West Province
* ''[Albuca cremnophila](/source/Albuca_cremnophila)'' <small>van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca crinifolia](/source/Albuca_crinifolia)'' <small>Baker</small> – KwaZulu-Natal
* ''[Albuca crispa](/source/Albuca_crispa)'' <small>J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – S. Cape Province to Free state
* ''[Albuca crudenii](/source/Albuca_crudenii)'' <small>Archibald</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca dalyae](/source/Albuca_dalyae)'' <small>Baker</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca darlingana](/source/Albuca_darlingana)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca deaconii](/source/Albuca_deaconii)'' <small>van Jaarsv.</small> – KwaZulu-Natal
* ''[Albuca decipiens](/source/Albuca_decipiens)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca deserticola](/source/Albuca_deserticola)'' <small>J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia to N.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca dilucula](/source/Albuca_dilucula)'' <small>(Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca dinteri](/source/Albuca_dinteri)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca donaldsonii](/source/Albuca_donaldsonii)'' <small>Rendle</small> – Ethiopia to Tanzania
* ''[Albuca dyeri](/source/Albuca_dyeri)'' <small>(Poelln.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca echinosperma](/source/Albuca_echinosperma)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca engleriana](/source/Albuca_engleriana)'' <small>K.Krause & Dinter</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca etesiogaripensis](/source/Albuca_etesiogaripensis)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – Namibia to N.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca exigua](/source/Albuca_exigua)'' <small>(Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, A.P.Dold, M.Pinter & Wetschnig) J.C.Manning</small> – Eastern Cape
* ''[Albuca fastigiata](/source/Albuca_fastigiata)'' <small>Dryand.</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca fibrotunicata](/source/Albuca_fibrotunicata)'' <small>Gledhill & Oyewole</small> – Niger to Cameroon
* ''[Albuca flaccida](/source/Albuca_flaccida)'' <small>Jacq.</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca foetida](/source/Albuca_foetida)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca fragrans](/source/Albuca_fragrans)'' <small>Jacq.</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca gageoides](/source/Albuca_gageoides)'' <small>K.Krause</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca galeata](/source/Albuca_galeata)'' <small>Welw. ex Baker</small> – Angola
* ''[Albuca gariepensis](/source/Albuca_gariepensis)'' <small>J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – N. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca gentilii](/source/Albuca_gentilii)'' <small>De Wild.</small> – Zaïre
* ''[Albuca gethylloides](/source/Albuca_gethylloides)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca gildenhuysii](/source/Albuca_gildenhuysii)'' <small>(van Jaarsv.) van Jaarsv.</small> - N.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca glandulifera](/source/Albuca_glandulifera)'' <small>J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia to N.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca glandulosa](/source/Albuca_glandulosa)'' <small>Baker</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca glauca](/source/Albuca_glauca)'' <small>Baker</small> – Northern Province
* ''[Albuca glaucifolia](/source/Albuca_glaucifolia)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca goswinii](/source/Albuca_goswinii)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca grandiflora](/source/Albuca_grandiflora)'' <small>(Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & M.Á.Alonso</small> – NE Sudan
* ''[Albuca grandis](/source/Albuca_grandis)'' <small>J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Western Cape Province
* ''[Albuca hallii](/source/Albuca_hallii)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – Namibia to W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca hereroensis](/source/Albuca_hereroensis)'' <small>Schinz</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca hesquaspoortensis](/source/Albuca_hesquaspoortensis)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca heydenrychii](/source/Albuca_heydenrychii)'' <small>van Jaarsv.</small> – Limpopo Province
* ''[Albuca homblei](/source/Albuca_homblei)'' <small>De Wild.</small> – Zaïre
* ''[Albuca humilis](/source/Albuca_humilis)'' <small>Baker</small> – Free State to KwaZulu-Natal
* ''[Albuca juncifolia](/source/Albuca_juncifolia)'' <small>Baker</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca karachabpoortensis](/source/Albuca_karachabpoortensis)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca karasbergensis](/source/Albuca_karasbergensis)'' <small>Glover</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca karooica](/source/Albuca_karooica)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – Namibia to Cape Province
* ''[Albuca katangensis](/source/Albuca_katangensis)'' <small>De Wild.</small> – S. Zaïre
* ''[Albuca kirkii](/source/Albuca_kirkii)'' <small>(Baker) Brenan</small> – Kenya to S. Tropical Africa
* ''[Albuca kirstenii](/source/Albuca_kirstenii)'' <small>(J.C.Manning & Goldblatt) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca knersvlaktensis](/source/Albuca_knersvlaktensis)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca kundelungensis](/source/Albuca_kundelungensis)'' <small>De Wild.</small> – Zaïre
* ''[Albuca lebaensis](/source/Albuca_lebaensis)'' <small>(van Jaarsv.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Angola
* ''[Albuca leucantha](/source/Albuca_leucantha)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – N.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca littoralis](/source/Albuca_littoralis)'' <small>(N.R.Crouch, D.Styles, A.J.Beaumont & Mart.-Azorín) J.C.Manning</small> – KwaZulu-Natal
* ''[Albuca longipes](/source/Albuca_longipes)'' <small>Baker</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca macowanii](/source/Albuca_macowanii)'' <small>Baker</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca malangensis](/source/Albuca_malangensis)'' <small>Baker</small> – Angola
* ''[Albuca massonii](/source/Albuca_massonii)'' <small>Baker</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca monarchos](/source/Albuca_monarchos)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca monophylla](/source/Albuca_monophylla)'' <small>Baker</small> – Angola to Namibia
* ''[Albuca myogaloides](/source/Albuca_myogaloides)'' <small>Welw. ex Baker</small> – Angola
* ''[Albuca namaquensis](/source/Albuca_namaquensis)'' <small>Baker</small> – Namibia to Cape Province
* ''[Albuca nana](/source/Albuca_nana)'' <small>Schönland</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca nathoana](/source/Albuca_nathoana)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca navicula](/source/Albuca_navicula)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca nelsonii](/source/Albuca_nelsonii)'' <small>N.E.Br.</small> – E. Cape Province to KwaZulu-Natal – Nelson's slime lily<ref name=SANBI_An/>
* ''[Albuca nigritana](/source/Albuca_nigritana)'' <small>(Baker) Troupin</small> – W. Tropical Africa to Rwanda
* ''[Albuca obtusa](/source/Albuca_obtusa)'' <small>J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca orientalis](/source/Albuca_orientalis)'' <small>van Jaarsv.</small> – Eastern and Western Cape Provinces
* ''[Albuca osmynella](/source/Albuca_osmynella)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca ovata](/source/Albuca_ovata)'' <small>(Thunb.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca papyracea](/source/Albuca_papyracea)'' <small>J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca paradoxa](/source/Albuca_paradoxa)'' <small>Dinter</small> – Namibia to W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca paucifolia](/source/Albuca_paucifolia)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca pearsonii](/source/Albuca_pearsonii)'' <small>(F.M.Leight.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia to N.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca pendula](/source/Albuca_pendula)'' <small>B.Mathew</small> – S.W. Saudi Arabia
* ''[Albuca pendulina](/source/Albuca_pendulina)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca pentheri](/source/Albuca_pentheri)'' <small>(Zahlbr.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca polyodontula](/source/Albuca_polyodontula)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca polyphylla](/source/Albuca_polyphylla)'' <small>Baker</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca prasina](/source/Albuca_prasina)'' <small>(Ker Gawl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – S. Africa
* ''[Albuca prolifera](/source/Albuca_prolifera)'' <small>J.H.Wilson</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca psammophora](/source/Albuca_psammophora)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca pseudobifolia](/source/Albuca_pseudobifolia)'' <small>Mart.-Azorín & M.B.Crespo</small> – Eastern Cape Province
* ''[Albuca pulchra](/source/Albuca_pulchra)'' <small>(Schinz) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Angola to Botswana
* ''[Albuca rautanenii](/source/Albuca_rautanenii)'' <small>(Schinz) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca recurva](/source/Albuca_recurva)'' <small>(Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca riebeekkasteelberganula](/source/Albuca_riebeekkasteelberganula)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca robertsoniana](/source/Albuca_robertsoniana)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – S.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca rogersii](/source/Albuca_rogersii)'' <small>Schönland</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca roodeae](/source/Albuca_roodeae)'' <small>(E.Phillips) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca rupestris](/source/Albuca_rupestris)'' <small>Hilliard & B.L.Burtt</small> – KwaZulu-Natal
* ''[Albuca sabulosa](/source/Albuca_sabulosa)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca scabrocostata](/source/Albuca_scabrocostata)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca scabromarginata](/source/Albuca_scabromarginata)'' <small>De Wild.</small> – Zaïre
* ''[Albuca schinzii](/source/Albuca_schinzii)'' <small>Baker</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca schlechteri](/source/Albuca_schlechteri)'' <small>Baker</small> – Northern Cape Province
* ''[Albuca schoenlandii](/source/Albuca_schoenlandii)'' <small>Baker</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca secunda](/source/Albuca_secunda)'' <small>(Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca seineri](/source/Albuca_seineri)'' <small>(Engl. & K.Krause) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – S. Africa
* ''[Albuca semipedalis](/source/Albuca_semipedalis)'' <small>Baker</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca setosa](/source/Albuca_setosa)'' <small>Jacq.</small> – Cape Province to KwaZulu-Natal
* ''[Albuca shawii](/source/Albuca_shawii)'' <small>Baker</small> – S. Africa
* ''[Albuca somersetianum](/source/Albuca_somersetianum)'' – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca spiralis](/source/Albuca_spiralis)'' <small>L.f.</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca stapffii](/source/Albuca_stapffii)'' <small>(Schinz) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca steudneri](/source/Albuca_steudneri)'' <small>Schweinf. & Engl.</small> – E. Sudan
* ''[Albuca strigosula](/source/Albuca_strigosula)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca stuetzeliana](/source/Albuca_stuetzeliana)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia to N.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca suaveolens](/source/Albuca_suaveolens)'' <small>(Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia to Cape Province
* ''[Albuca subglandulosa](/source/Albuca_subglandulosa)'' <small>(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca subspicata](/source/Albuca_subspicata)'' <small>Baker</small> – Angola
* ''[Albuca sudanica](/source/Albuca_sudanica)'' <small>A.Chev.</small> – W. Tropical Africa to Sahara and W. Sudan
* ''[Albuca tenuifolia](/source/Albuca_tenuifolia)'' <small>Baker</small> – S. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca tenuis](/source/Albuca_tenuis)'' <small>Knudtzon</small> – Central Ethiopia to Kenya
* ''[Albuca thermarum](/source/Albuca_thermarum)'' <small>van Jaarsv.</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca tortuosa](/source/Albuca_tortuosa)'' <small>Baker</small> – E. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca trachyphylla](/source/Albuca_trachyphylla)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – N.W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca tubiformis](/source/Albuca_tubiformis)'' <small>(Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia
* ''[Albuca unifolia](/source/Albuca_unifolia)'' <small>(Retz.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Namibia to Free State
* ''[Albuca unifoliata](/source/Albuca_unifoliata)'' <small>G.D.Rowley</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca variegata](/source/Albuca_variegata)'' <small>De Wild.</small> – Zaïre
* ''[Albuca villosa](/source/Albuca_villosa)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – S.W. Namibia to W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca virens](/source/Albuca_virens)'' <small>(Lindl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Eritrea to S. Africa
* ''[Albuca viscosa](/source/Albuca_viscosa)'' <small>L.f.</small> – Namibia to W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca vittata](/source/Albuca_vittata)'' <small>Ker Gawl.</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca volubilis](/source/Albuca_volubilis)'' <small>(H.Perrier) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – W. Madagascar
* ''[Albuca watermeyeri](/source/Albuca_watermeyeri)'' <small>(L.Bolus) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca weberlingiorum](/source/Albuca_weberlingiorum)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies</small> – Cape Province
* ''[Albuca xanthocodon](/source/Albuca_xanthocodon)'' <small>Hilliard & B.L.Burtt</small> – Mpumalanga to S.E. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca yerburyi](/source/Albuca_yerburyi)'' <small>Ridl.</small> – Yemen
* ''[Albuca zebrina](/source/Albuca_zebrina)'' <small>Baker</small> – W. Cape Province
* ''[Albuca zenkeri](/source/Albuca_zenkeri)'' <small>Engl.</small> – Cameroon
{{div col end}}

==Cultivation==
The most popular species is ''Albuca nelsonii'', which is evergreen and not frost-hardy. Such species are best suited to temperate areas, but can be grown in a conservatory or greenhouse, or in a sheltered position if light frosts might occur.  However, some other species from alpine or Karoo-like areas are fairly frost-resistant and may be deciduous, and accordingly can stand a good deal of frost once established. Some are winter-flowering.<ref name=Powr98/> As a rule they do well in full sun in light, free-draining soil. Propagation is from offsets or seed.

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==External links==
*[https://redlist.sanbi.org/genus.php?genus=3795 ''Albuca''.] Red List of South African Plants. South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115057/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?358 GRIN Species Records of ''Albuca''.] Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). 
*[https://www.homolaicus.com/scienza/erbario/utility/botanica_sistematica/hypertext/0072.htm#000000 Botanica Sistematica]
* {{AfricanPlants|Albuca}}
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Category:Albuca
Category:Asparagaceae genera

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