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gladioloides

Taxon

Watsonia gladioloides Schltr.

Protologue J. Bot. 35: 222. 1897BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Watsonia gladioloides--So.Africa. E. Cape. Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 242.jpg

Watsonia gladioloides--So.Africa. E. Cape. Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 242.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Watsonia gladioloides--So.Africa. E. Cape. Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 244.jpg

Watsonia gladioloides--So.Africa. E. Cape. Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 244.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Watsonia gladioloides--So.Africa. E. Cape. Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 243.jpg

Watsonia gladioloides--So.Africa. E. Cape. Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 243.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Watsonia gladioloides--So.Africa. E. Cape. Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 240.jpg

Watsonia gladioloides--So.Africa. E. Cape. Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 240.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Watsonia gladioloides--So.Africa. E. Cape. Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 241.jpg

Watsonia gladioloides--So.Africa. E. Cape. Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 241.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

March 8, 2005

Location

South Africa, Eastern Cape, Amathole (Amahlathi NU)

-32.283333, 27.583333

Location Remarks

Moonstone Farm. North of Stutterheim. East of Cathcart on R351, west of Butterworth on H2.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Watsonia

Specific Epithet

gladioloides

Authorship

Schltr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#112,785 of 335,497

Top 34%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →