Mark Francis Watson (born 1963, fl. 1996), U.K. botanist and plant collector.

IPNI standard form: M.F.Watson

Taxon names authored

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• 2 taxon names authored by Mark Francis Watson

Publications

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• Downie, S.R., Katz‐Downie, D.S. & Watson, M.F. 2000. A phylogeny of the flowering plant family Apiaceae based on chloroplast DNA rpl16 and rpoC1 intron sequences: towards a suprageneric classification of subfamily Apioideae. American Journal of Botany 87(2): 273–292. DOI: 10.2307/2656915 PDF Reference page. 
• Watson, M.F., Meng-Lan, Sh., Pu, F.-D. & Pan, Z.-H. 2004. Nomenclatural novelties in the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) for the Flora of China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 42: 561–565. (PDF)

• Spalik, K., Downie, S.R. & Watson, M.F. 2009. Generic Delimitations within the Sium Alliance (Apiaceae Tribe Oenantheae) inferred from cpDNA rps16-5'trnk(UUU) and nrDNA ITS sequences. Taxon 58(3): 735–748. DOI: 10.1002/tax.583004 JSTOR PDF. Reference page. 

References

• Collectors at RBGE (E). 2013. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
• Mark Watson, Head of Major Floras. 2015. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.