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The genus Watsonia is in the family Iridaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Watsonia

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Watsonia aletroides (Burm.f.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia amabilis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia amatolae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia andina Phil.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Watsonia angusta Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia arequipensis Ulibarri	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Watsonia bachmannii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia bella N.E.Br. ex Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia borbonica (Pourr.) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	1
Watsonia canaliculata Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia coccinea (Herb. ex Baker) Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia confusa Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia cylindrica Baker	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia densiflora Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia distans L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia dubia Eckl. ex Klatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia elsiae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia emiliae L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia erecta Phil.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Watsonia eremophila (Phil.) Burkart ex Ulibarri	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Watsonia fergusoniae L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia fourcadei J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia fulgens Ker Gawl.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Watsonia galpinii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia gladioloides Schltr.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia humilis Mill.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia hysterantha J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia inclinata Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia knysnana L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia laccata (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia lamarckii A.Dietr.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia latifolia N.E.Br. ex Oberm.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia lepida N.E.Br.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia × longifolia J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia marginata (L.f.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia marlothii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	1
Watsonia minima Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia minor (Phil.) Ulibarri	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Watsonia mtamvunae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia obrienii V. Tibergen	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Watsonia occulta L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia parvifolia G.J. Lewis	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Watsonia paucifolia Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia philippiana Hosseus	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Watsonia pillansii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia pondoensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia pulchra N.E.Br. ex Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia roei N.E. Br.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Watsonia rogersii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia rourkei Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia schlechteri L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia spectabilis Schinz	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia stenosiphon L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia stokoei L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia stricta Spreng.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia strictiflora Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia strubeniae L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia tabularis J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia transvaalensis Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia vanderspuyae L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia versfeldii J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia vittata J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia watsonioides (Baker) Oberm.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia wilmaniae J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia wilmsii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia wordsworthiana J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Watsonia zeyheri L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 174 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Watsonia. Of these 56 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 20 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Watsonia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 174 species names for the genus Watsonia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	56	32.2%
◕	Synonym	106	60.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	6.9%

All names

The status of the 194 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Watsonia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	58	29.9%
◕	Synonym	124	63.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	6.2%

Of the species names,

• 13 are recorded as invalid
• 15 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 174 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Watsonia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	53	99	0	0	152	87.4%
	Medium confidence	3	5	0	0	8	4.6%
	Low confidence	0	2	0	12	14	8.0%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Watsonia is as follows: