The genus is
circumscribed in two ways. The traditional genus
Albuca is a
monophyletic group of about 60 known species, •
Albuca abyssinica Jacq. – Tropical & S. Africa, S.W. Arabian Peninsula •
Albuca acuminata Baker – Namibia to W. Cape Province •
Albuca adlami Baker – Northern Province •
Albuca albucoides (Aiton) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca amboensis (Schinz) Oberm. – Namibia to Botswana •
Albuca amoena (Batt.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – N.W. Sahara •
Albuca anisocrispa Mart.-Azorín & M.B.Crespo – E. Cape Province •
Albuca annulata Mart.-Azorín & M.B.Crespo – Eastern Cape Province •
Albuca arenosa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – W. Cape Province •
Albuca aurea Jacq. – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca autumnula (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca bakeri Mart.-Azorín & M.B.Crespo – S. Cape Province •
Albuca barbata (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Cape Province •
Albuca batteniana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt – S. Cape Province – wild coast albuca •
Albuca bifolia Baker – S. Cape Province •
Albuca bifoliata R.A.Dyer – S. Cape Province •
Albuca boucheri U.Müll.-Doblies – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca bracteata (Thunb.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – E. Cape Province to KwaZulu-Natal •
Albuca bruce-bayeri U.Müll.-Doblies – Cape Province •
Albuca buchananii Baker – S. Tropical Africa •
Albuca buffelspoortensis van Jaarsv. – Western Cape •
Albuca canadensis (L.) F.M.Leight. – Cape Province •
Albuca candida (Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia •
Albuca caudata Jacq. – S.E. Cape Province •
Albuca chartacea (Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & A.P.Dold) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Eastern Cape Province •
Albuca chlorantha Welw. ex Baker – Angola •
Albuca ciliaris U.Müll.-Doblies – W. Cape Province •
Albuca clanwilliamae-gloria U.Müll.-Doblies – W. Cape Province •
Albuca collina Baker – S. Cape Province •
Albuca concordiana Baker – Namibia to Cape Province •
Albuca consanguinea (Kunth) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca cooperi Baker – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca corymbosa Baker – S. Cape Province •
Albuca costatula (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia •
Albuca craibii (Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & A.P.Dold) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – North-West Province •
Albuca cremnophila van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk – S. Cape Province •
Albuca crinifolia Baker – KwaZulu-Natal •
Albuca crispa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – S. Cape Province to Free state •
Albuca crudenii Archibald – S. Cape Province •
Albuca dalyae Baker – S. Cape Province •
Albuca darlingana U.Müll.-Doblies – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca deaconii van Jaarsv. – KwaZulu-Natal •
Albuca decipiens U.Müll.-Doblies – W. Cape Province •
Albuca deserticola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia to N.W. Cape Province •
Albuca dilucula (Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Cape Province •
Albuca dinteri U.Müll.-Doblies – Namibia •
Albuca donaldsonii Rendle – Ethiopia to Tanzania •
Albuca dyeri (Poelln.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Cape Province •
Albuca echinosperma U.Müll.-Doblies – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca engleriana K.Krause & Dinter – Namibia •
Albuca etesiogaripensis U.Müll.-Doblies – Namibia to N.W. Cape Province •
Albuca exigua (Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, A.P.Dold, M.Pinter & Wetschnig) J.C.Manning – Eastern Cape •
Albuca fastigiata Dryand. – S. Cape Province •
Albuca fibrotunicata Gledhill & Oyewole – Niger to Cameroon •
Albuca flaccida Jacq. – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca foetida U.Müll.-Doblies – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca fragrans Jacq. – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca gageoides K.Krause – Namibia •
Albuca galeata Welw. ex Baker – Angola •
Albuca gariepensis J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – N. Cape Province •
Albuca gentilii De Wild. – Zaïre •
Albuca gethylloides (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – W. Cape Province •
Albuca gildenhuysii (van Jaarsv.) van Jaarsv. - N.W. Cape Province •
Albuca glandulifera J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia to N.W. Cape Province •
Albuca glandulosa Baker – Cape Province •
Albuca glauca Baker – Northern Province •
Albuca glaucifolia (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – W. Cape Province •
Albuca goswinii U.Müll.-Doblies – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca grandiflora (Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & M.Á.Alonso – NE Sudan •
Albuca grandis J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Western Cape Province •
Albuca hallii U.Müll.-Doblies – Namibia to W. Cape Province •
Albuca hereroensis Schinz – Namibia •
Albuca hesquaspoortensis U.Müll.-Doblies – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca heydenrychii van Jaarsv. – Limpopo Province •
Albuca homblei De Wild. – Zaïre •
Albuca humilis Baker – Free State to KwaZulu-Natal •
Albuca juncifolia Baker – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca karachabpoortensis (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – W. Cape Province •
Albuca karasbergensis Glover – Namibia •
Albuca karooica U.Müll.-Doblies – Namibia to Cape Province •
Albuca katangensis De Wild. – S. Zaïre •
Albuca kirkii (Baker) Brenan – Kenya to S. Tropical Africa •
Albuca kirstenii (J.C.Manning & Goldblatt) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca knersvlaktensis (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca kundelungensis De Wild. – Zaïre •
Albuca lebaensis (van Jaarsv.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Angola •
Albuca leucantha U.Müll.-Doblies – N.W. Cape Province •
Albuca littoralis (N.R.Crouch, D.Styles, A.J.Beaumont & Mart.-Azorín) J.C.Manning – KwaZulu-Natal •
Albuca longipes Baker – Cape Province •
Albuca macowanii Baker – S. Cape Province •
Albuca malangensis Baker – Angola •
Albuca massonii Baker – W. Cape Province •
Albuca monarchos (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – W. Cape Province •
Albuca monophylla Baker – Angola to Namibia •
Albuca myogaloides Welw. ex Baker – Angola •
Albuca namaquensis Baker – Namibia to Cape Province •
Albuca nana Schönland – S. Cape Province •
Albuca nathoana (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – W. Cape Province •
Albuca navicula U.Müll.-Doblies – W. Cape Province •
Albuca nelsonii N.E.Br. – E. Cape Province to KwaZulu-Natal – Nelson's slime lily •
Albuca nigritana (Baker) Troupin – W. Tropical Africa to Rwanda •
Albuca obtusa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – W. Cape Province •
Albuca orientalis van Jaarsv. – Eastern and Western Cape Provinces •
Albuca osmynella (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – W. Cape Province •
Albuca ovata (Thunb.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Cape Province •
Albuca papyracea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Cape Province •
Albuca paradoxa Dinter – Namibia to W. Cape Province •
Albuca paucifolia (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Cape Province •
Albuca pearsonii (F.M.Leight.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia to N.W. Cape Province •
Albuca pendula B.Mathew – S.W. Saudi Arabia •
Albuca pendulina (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia •
Albuca pentheri (Zahlbr.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Cape Province •
Albuca polyodontula (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia •
Albuca polyphylla Baker – S. Cape Province •
Albuca prasina (Ker Gawl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – S. Africa •
Albuca prolifera J.H.Wilson – S. Cape Province •
Albuca psammophora (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – W. Cape Province •
Albuca pseudobifolia Mart.-Azorín & M.B.Crespo – Eastern Cape Province •
Albuca pulchra (Schinz) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Angola to Botswana •
Albuca rautanenii (Schinz) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia •
Albuca recurva (Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia •
Albuca riebeekkasteelberganula U.Müll.-Doblies – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca robertsoniana U.Müll.-Doblies – S.W. Cape Province •
Albuca rogersii Schönland – S. Cape Province •
Albuca roodeae (E.Phillips) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Cape Province •
Albuca rupestris Hilliard & B.L.Burtt – KwaZulu-Natal •
Albuca sabulosa (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Cape Province •
Albuca scabrocostata (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – W. Cape Province •
Albuca scabromarginata De Wild. – Zaïre •
Albuca schinzii Baker – Namibia •
Albuca schlechteri Baker – Northern Cape Province •
Albuca schoenlandii Baker – S. Cape Province •
Albuca secunda (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Cape Province •
Albuca seineri (Engl. & K.Krause) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – S. Africa •
Albuca semipedalis Baker – Cape Province •
Albuca setosa Jacq. – Cape Province to KwaZulu-Natal •
Albuca shawii Baker – S. Africa •
Albuca somersetianum – S. Cape Province •
Albuca spiralis L.f. – W. Cape Province •
Albuca stapffii (Schinz) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia •
Albuca steudneri Schweinf. & Engl. – E. Sudan •
Albuca strigosula (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia •
Albuca stuetzeliana (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia to N.W. Cape Province •
Albuca suaveolens (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia to Cape Province •
Albuca subglandulosa (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – W. Cape Province •
Albuca subspicata Baker – Angola •
Albuca sudanica A.Chev. – W. Tropical Africa to Sahara and W. Sudan •
Albuca tenuifolia Baker – S. Cape Province •
Albuca tenuis Knudtzon – Central Ethiopia to Kenya •
Albuca thermarum van Jaarsv. – Cape Province •
Albuca tortuosa Baker – E. Cape Province •
Albuca trachyphylla U.Müll.-Doblies – N.W. Cape Province •
Albuca tubiformis (Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia •
Albuca unifolia (Retz.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Namibia to Free State •
Albuca unifoliata G.D.Rowley – W. Cape Province •
Albuca variegata De Wild. – Zaïre •
Albuca villosa U.Müll.-Doblies – S.W. Namibia to W. Cape Province •
Albuca virens (Lindl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Eritrea to S. Africa •
Albuca viscosa L.f. – Namibia to W. Cape Province •
Albuca vittata Ker Gawl. – Cape Province •
Albuca volubilis (H.Perrier) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – W. Madagascar •
Albuca watermeyeri (L.Bolus) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Cape Province •
Albuca weberlingiorum U.Müll.-Doblies – Cape Province •
Albuca xanthocodon Hilliard & B.L.Burtt – Mpumalanga to S.E. Cape Province •
Albuca yerburyi Ridl. – Yemen •
Albuca zebrina Baker – W. Cape Province •
Albuca zenkeri Engl. – Cameroon ==Cultivation==