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Watsonia%20borbonica

Popularity of Watsonia borbonica over time

[Plots of numbers of papers mentioning Watsonia borbonica (filled column histogram and left hand axis scale) and line of best fit, 1926 to 2006 (complete line, with equation and % variation accounted for, in box on the left hand side)]

Total Mentions (Biological Abstracts/Biosis Previews):

References

 

Goldblatt P (1987) Notes on the Variation and Taxonomy of Watsonia-Borbonica New-Combination Watsonia-Pyramidata Watsonia-Ardernei Iridaceae in the Southwestern Cape South Africa. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 74, 570-2. Contact: GOLDBLATT P; BA KRUOFF CURATOR AFRICAN BOT, MISSOURI BOT GARDEN, PO BOX 299, ST LOUIS, MO 63166, USA

 

Light ME, Kulkarni MG, Ascough GD, Van Staden J (2007) Improved flowering of a South African Watsonia with smoke treatments. South African Journal of Botany 73. Contact: Light, M. E. ; Univ KwaZulu Natal Pietermaritzburg, Sch Biol and Consevat Sci, Res Ctr Plant Growth and Dev, ZA-3209 Scottsville, South Africa

 

Mathew B (1994) A name for the white watsonia. Kew Magazine 11, 37-40.

 

 

 


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