Taxon: Watsonia borbonica (Pourr.) Goldblatt

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Watsonia borbonica subsp. ardernei (no accessions)
• Watsonia borbonica subsp. borbonica (no accessions)

Common names:

• bugle-lily   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• rosy watsonia   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• watsonia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Gen Watsonia 24. 1989)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Western Cape

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Chile - Juan Fernandez

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Goldblatt, P. 1989. The genus Watsonia. 32.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Watsonia borbonica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Watsonia borbonica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Watsonia borbonica.

Synonyms:

• Gladiolus pyramidatus Andrews [= Watsonia borbonica subsp. borbonica]
  
• Lomenia borbonica Pourr. [≡ Watsonia borbonica subsp. borbonica]
  
• Watsonia ardernei Sander [≡ Watsonia borbonica subsp. ardernei]
  
• Watsonia iridifolia var. obrienii N. E. Br. [= Watsonia borbonica subsp. ardernei]
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• Watsonia pyramidata (Andrews) Klatt [= Watsonia borbonica subsp. borbonica]
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• Watsonia rosea Banks ex Ker Gawl. [= Watsonia borbonica subsp. borbonica]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Watsonia borbonica (Pourr.) Goldblatt:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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