Iridaceae
Watsonia

Watsonia marginata (L.f.) Ker Gawl.

First published in Bot. Mag. 17: t. 608 (1802)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is WSW. & SW. Cape Prov. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Introduced into:

California, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cooke, D.A. (1986). Flora of Australia 46: i-xii, 1-247. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cooke, D.A. (1986). Flora of Australia 46: i-xii, 1-247. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1984 Gumbleton, W.E. [s.n.] South Africa K000320449 Type Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [5172] South Africa K002207008 Yes
Bolus, H. [5252] South Africa K002207014 Yes
[Irever Clarke] [s.n.] South Africa K002207009 Yes
Baker, L. [4498] South Africa K002207694 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [2849] South Africa K002207017 No
Ecklon, U.J. [s.n.] South Africa K002207015 Yes
Gray, F. [s.n.] South Africa K002207010 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002207013 Yes
Goldblatt, P. [4434] South Africa K002207016 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002207002 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [23255] South Africa K002206999 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [20756] South Africa K002207003 Yes
s.coll. [3] South Africa K002207012 Yes
Stephens, E.L.; Glover, R. [8611] South Africa K002207004 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [5172] South Africa K002207007 Yes
Baker, L. [4498] South Africa K002207011 Yes
Snijman, D. [972] South Africa K002207019 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [26510] South Africa K002207000 Yes
Johnson; Harman [s.n.] South Africa K002207695 Yes
Pretorius, W.A.J. [762] South Africa K002207020 Yes
Baker, L. [4498] South Africa K002207001 Yes
Wallich [1636] South Africa K002207005 Yes
Prior, A. [s.n.] South Africa K002207006 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images