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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
Watsonia aletroides (Burm.f.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia amabilis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia amatolae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia angusta Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia bachmannii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia bella N.E.Br. ex Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia borbonica (Pourr.) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia canaliculata Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia coccinea (Herb. ex Baker) Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia confusa Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia densiflora Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia distans L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia dubia Eckl. ex Klatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia elsiae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia emiliae L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia fergusoniae L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia fourcadei J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia galpinii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia gladioloides Schltr.	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia humilis Mill.	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia hysterantha J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia inclinata Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia knysnana L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia laccata (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia latifolia N.E.Br. ex Oberm.	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia lepida N.E.Br.	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia × longifolia J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia marginata (L.f.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia marlothii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia minima Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia mtamvunae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia obrienii V. Tibergen	Accepted		TRO
Watsonia occulta L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia paucifolia Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia pillansii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia pondoensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia pulchra N.E.Br. ex Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia rogersii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia rourkei Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia schlechteri L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia spectabilis Schinz	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia stenosiphon L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia stokoei L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia strictiflora Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia strubeniae L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia tabularis J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia transvaalensis Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia vanderspuyae L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia versfeldii J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia watsonioides (Baker) Oberm.	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia wilmaniae J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia wilmsii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants
Watsonia zeyheri L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants

Statistics

The Plant List includes 143 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Watsonia. Of these 54 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 21 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 143 species names for the genus Watsonia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	54	37.8%
◕	Synonym	81	56.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	8	5.6%

All names

The status of the 164 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Watsonia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	58	35.4%
◕	Synonym	98	59.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	8	4.9%

Of these names,

• 9 are recorded as invalid
• 7 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 143 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	79	0	0	132	92.3%
	Medium confidence	1	2	0	0	3	2.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	8	8	5.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Watsonia, are as follows: