Species Watsonia rogersii
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Etymology of Watsonia:
For William Watson (1715–1787), English physician, apothecary, botanist and naturalist. He introduced the work of Linnaeus and his botanical classification system to Britain. He was the first scientist to observe the flash of light from the discharge of a Leyden jar and to show that electricity could pass through a vacuum and that it had a positive and negative charge; he coined the word ‘circuit’. His articles, entitled Experiments on the Nature of Electricity, appeared from 1745 onward in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, of which he became a member (1741) and vice president (1772). Both he and Benjamin Franklin discovered some of the same characteristics of electricity at the same time, but independently. The two men became friends.
Etymology of rogersii:
Named after Rev. William Moyle Rogers (1835-1920), clergyman and specialist on Rubus. He was brought to the Cape by Bishop Gray in 1860 and appointed vice-principal of Bishop's College (Bishops) in Cape Town. His holy orders stationed him at Riversdale from January - June 1860, at George from June 1860 - September 1862 and then briefly at Caledon from October 1862. His whole cape collection is stored at the British Museum.
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Observations of Taxon
Watsonia rogersii
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Amida Johns (David)
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Watsonia rogersii
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Maarten Groos (David)
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07/11/2006 - 1:02pm
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Watsonia rogersii
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Nick Helme (David)
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07/12/2012 - 7:21pm
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Watsonia rogersii
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Nick Helme (David)
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07/12/2012 - 7:21pm
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Watsonia rogersii
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David Gwynne-Evans (David)
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23/10/2006 - 12:44pm
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