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WATSONIA
Watsonia, Kanolpypie (
Le
)
Family:
IRIDACEAE
Named by Philip Miller for his friend Sir William Watson (1715 - 1787).**
(
Ch
)
Watsonia meriana var. meriana
Wax-flowered Watsonia (
Wf
) Kanolpypie, Lakpypie (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
For Maria Sibylla Merian (1647 – 1717);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(
Ch
,
BL
)