Iridaceae
Watsonia

Watsonia borbonica (Pourr.) Goldblatt

First published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74: 571 (1987)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Cape Prov. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Azores, Burundi, France, Great Britain, Hawaii, Madeira, Rwanda, Tristan da Cunha

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1989). The Genus Watsonia: A Systematic Monograph: i-x, 1-148. National Botanic Gardens, Cape, South Africa.
  • Lebrun J.-P. & Stork, A.L. (1995). Énumération des Plants à Fleurs D'Afrique Tropicale 3: 1-341. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève.
  • Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 2: 989-1918. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1-102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gremmen, N. & Halbertsma, R.L. (2009). Alien plants and their impact on Tristan da Cunha 2: 1-307. Overseas Territories Environment Programme (OTEP).
  • Hurrell, J.A. & Delucchi, G. (2005). Iridaceae Ixioideae adventicias en la Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 40: 289-296.
  • Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.
  • Press, J.R. & Short, M.J. (eds.) (1994). Flora of Madeira: i-xviii, 1-574. HMSO.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 2: 989-1918. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K001734756 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002207705 Yes
s.coll. [558] South Africa K002207039 Yes
[H.F. Talbot] [s.n.] South Africa K002207042 Yes
[R.M. Lly] [s.n.] Australia K002207025 Yes
Kitching, L. [s.n.] South Africa K002207037 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002207024 Yes
s.coll. [9329] South Africa K002207055 Yes
Grey, F. [s.n.] South Africa K002207046 Yes
Frith, F. [s.n.] South Africa K002207026 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K002207700 Yes
s.coll. [136] Luxembourg K002207704 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002207701 Yes
[wmfosers] [[1/80]] South Africa K002207054 Yes
Orchard, E.R. [492] South Africa K002207032 Yes
Jameson, H. (Mrs) [s.n.] South Africa K002207051 Yes
M.J.C. [277] K002207708 Yes
Drège [s.n.] South Africa K002207034 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002207053 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002207706 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002207703 Yes
s.coll. [2556] K002207045 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002207707 Yes
Drège [s.n.] South Africa K002207041 Yes
Jameson, H. (Mrs) [s.n.] South Africa K002207050 Yes
[cbs] [s.n.] South Africa K002207052 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002207028 Yes
Garside, S. [69] South Africa K002207040 Yes
s.coll. [17839] South Africa K002207030 Yes
Mudd, C. [48] South Africa K002207044 Yes
Ecklon, U.J. [s.n.] South Africa K002207035 Yes
MacOwan [1658] South Africa K002207047 Yes
s.coll. [2556] South Africa K002207043 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002207029 Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [728] South Africa K002207027 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002207702 Yes
Garside, S. [1687] South Africa K002207048 Yes
Kitching, L. [s.n.] South Africa K002207038 Yes
Orchard, E.R. [492] South Africa K002207031 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002207036 Yes
Jameson, H. (Mrs) [s.n.] South Africa K002207049 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0