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Scientific Name | Watsonia wordsworthiana J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2008/07/05 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Only known from the type, and attempts to relocate this species at the type locality have failed. It is intermediate between Watsonia meriana and W. borbonica and may be a hybrid of these species. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Wolseley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Unknown. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| The identity of Watsonia wordsworthiana is somewhat problematic. There are no known wild populations that correspond to the type which is a tall pink -flower plant with a narrowly flared upper perianth tube. It appears morphologically intermediate between W. meriana and W. borbonica subsp. ardernei. Both these species occur in the vicinity of Romans River farm in the upper Breede River valley near Wolseley, the type locality, but plants matching exactly the type W. wordsworthiana have not been located there since the collection of the type. Plants were cultivated at Kirstenbosch for several years before the species was described. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Watsonia wordsworthiana J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Watsonia wordsworthiana J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Watsonia wordsworthiana J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. 1989. The genus Watsonia. A systematic monograph. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens 19:1-148. National Botanic Gardens, Cape Town.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2008. Watsonia wordsworthiana J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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