Watsonieae

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title: "Watsonieae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["iridaceae", "asparagales-tribes"] description: "Tribe of flowering plants" topic_path: "general/iridaceae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watsonieae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Tribe of flowering plants ::

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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.

The flowers are arranged in inflorescences and sometimes are scented. The flowers have six tepals which are identical in the most cases or have small differences. The ovary is 3-locular.

Watsonia is often used for ornamental purposes. The other genera have ornamental potential but are less well known.

List of genera

Genera:

• Cyanixia
• Lapeirousia
• Micranthus
• Pillansia
• Savannosiphon
• Thereianthus
• Watsonia
• Zygotritonia

References

References

1. (2008). "Iridaceae 'Out of Australasia'? Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Divergence Time Based on Plastid DNA Sequences". Systematic Botany.

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