Bowiea

Climbing-onion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Bowiea; Harv. ex Hook.f.
Species:	B. volubilis
Binomial name
	Bowiea volubilis; Harv. ex Hook.f.
Synonyms
	Ophiobostryx Skeels; Schizobasopsis J.F.Macbr.; Ophiobostryx volubilis (Harv. ex Hook.f.) Skeels; Schizobasopsis volubilis (Harv. ex Hook.f.) J.F.Macbr.; Bowiea gariepensis van Jaarsv.; Bowiea kilimandscharica Mildbr.;

Bowiea is a genus of bulbous, perennial, succulent plants which thrive in dry and desert regions of eastern and southern Africa. It is native to a region stretching from Kenya to Cape Province. The genus contains a single species, Bowiea volubilis.

The genus is named after the nineteenth-century British plant collector at Kew, James Bowie.

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