Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Watsonia versfeldii

Iridaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Iridaceae(fam.)
Watsonia(gen.)
versfeldii(sp.)

Watsonia versfeldii J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus

, legitimate

, scientific

Mathews, J.W. & Bolus, H.M.L. (1922), Annals of the Bolus Herbarium 3

:

139

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Cape Province: South-Western Region; Piquetberg Div., mountains near Piquetberg, W. Versfeld (National Botanic Gardens, No. 2671/16) ... Described from several living specimens which have flowered freely at Kirstenbosch during November for the last five years."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

54

[secondary reference]

Perry, G. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Iridaceae.

Flora of the Perth Region

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807, Fig. 295

[secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Iridaceae.

Flora of Victoria

:

703

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Watsonia versfeldii var. alba J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus

legitimate

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue

:

73

[secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1

:

330-331

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Watsonia versfeldii var. alba J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus

legitimate

APC Comment: Watsonia versfeldii var. alba is recognised as a distinct taxon in Tas.
APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census.

A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island

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90

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Watsonia versfeldii var. alba J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Watsonia versfeldii var. alba J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)