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Watsonia Mill.

This genus name was first published in Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 2: 184 (1758)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000040556.

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Synonyms of Watsonia

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Lomenia Pourr. Mém. Acad. Sci. Toulouse 3: 74 (1788) wfo-4000022141
Neuberia Eckl. Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon : 37 (1827) wfo-4000026005
Meriana Trew Pl. Select. : t. 40 (1754) wfo-4100003097
Lemonia Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 44 (1805) wfo-4100004061

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Watsonia:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia andina Phil. Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 1: 19 1891 — wfo-0000430815
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia arequipensis Ulibarri Darwiniana 28: 233 1987 publ. 1988 — wfo-0000430814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia cylindrica Baker J. Bot. 14: 336 (1876) wfo-0000787135
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia erecta Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 84: 437 1893 — wfo-0000430809
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia eremophila (Phil.) Burkart ex Ulibarri Darwiniana 22: 145 1979 — wfo-0000430799
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia fragrans (Jacq.) G.Lodd. ex Reider Schnell Unterr. Bot. Blumist 689 1835 wfo-1000076123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia fulgens Klatt Consp. Fl. Afr. [T.A. Durand & H. Schinz] 5: 193. 1894 [1893 publ. Dec 1894] wfo-0001067271
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia lamarckii A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 2: 570 (1833) wfo-0000787160
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia minor (Phil.) Ulibarri Darwiniana 22: 146 1979 — wfo-0000430798
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia obrienii V.Tibergen – — wfo-0001067273
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia parvifolia G.J.Lewis – — wfo-0001067274
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia philippiana Hosseus Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 140 1921 — wfo-0000430797
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia roei N.E.Br. – — wfo-0001067419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia sect. Neuberia (Eckl. ex Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning Strelitzia 42: 95. 2020 wfo-1200008051
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia ser. Angustae (Goldblatt) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning Strelitzia 42: 120. 2020 wfo-1200008052
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia ser. Brevibractea (Goldblatt) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning Strelitzia 42: 114. 2020 wfo-1200008053
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia ser. Grandibractea (Goldblatt) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning Strelitzia 42: 117. 2020 wfo-1200008054
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia stricta Spreng. Novi Provent. : 43 (1818) wfo-0000787265
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Watsonia vittata J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus Ann. Bolus Herb. 4: 25 (1925) wfo-0000787253