Taxon: Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.

• the 5 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• bugle-lily   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• bulbil watsonia   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  
• wild watsonia   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  
• palminha   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• palminha-rosa   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• röd watsonia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Northern Cape, Western Cape

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands
  Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius; Reunion
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California
• 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).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Bond, P. & P. Goldblatt. 1984. Plants of the Cape Flora, J. S. African Bot. suppl. vol. 13.
• Cooke, D. A. 1998. Bulbil watsonia is a variety of Watsonia meriana (L.) Miller (Iridaceae). J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 18:5–7.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al. 1985. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa v. 51.; v. 56. 1987
• Goldblatt, P. 1989. The genus Watsonia. 120.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• 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).
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia.
• Press, J. R. & M. J. Short, eds. 1994. Flora of Madeira.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Watsonia meriana.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Watsonia meriana.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Antholyza meriana L. (basionym)
  
• (=) Watsonia bulbillifera J. W. Mathews & L. Bolus
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Watsonia meriana var. bulbillifera (J. W. Mathews & L. Bolus) D. A. Cooke
  

Check other web resources for Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• 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
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• 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.

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