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Watsonieae
Watsonieae is the second largest tribe in the subfamily Crocoideae (which is included in the family Iridaceae) and named after the best-known genus in it — Watsonia. The members in this group are widely distributed in Africa, mainly in its southern parts.
The species in this tribe sometimes have the typical sword-shaped leaves of the family Iridaceae, but sometimes, like in Lapeirousia pyramidalis or Lapeirousia divaricata, they have different morphologies. The rootstock is a corm.
11 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
Watsonias
genusWatsonia
Kabongs
genusLapeirousia
Combirises
genusMicranthus
Pypies
genusThereianthus
Paintpetals
genusCodonorhiza
Tropical Kabongs
genusAfrosolen
Fireflags
genusPillansia
Fire Kabongs
genusSchizorhiza
Savannosiphon
genusSavannosiphon
Cyanixia
genusCyanixia
Zygotritonia
genusZygotritonia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 790620.