I am a postgraduate student at La Trobe University, Victoria,
Australia, and my research project involves the modelling of species
distribution of Watsonia meriana var. meriana, and its variety, W.
meriana var. bulbillifera. One of my research goals is to show that W.
meriana var. bulbillifera is likely to undergo ecological niche
conservation, following its introduction to Australia, compared to its
sexually-reproducing congener. This is based on my hypothesis that the
asexually reproducing bulbil form would not have generated sufficient
genetic diversity to spread into novel environments.