Moraea

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Moraea
Moraea viscaria (5).JPG
Moraea viscaria
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Irideae
Genus: Moraea
Mill.
Type species
Moraea viscaria
Synonyms[1]
  • Barnardiella Goldblatt
  • Diaphane Salisb.
  • Freuchenia Eckl.
  • Galaxia Thunb.
  • Gynandriris Parl.
  • Helixyra Salisb. ex N.E.Br.
  • Hexaglottis Vent.
  • Homeria Vent.
  • Hymenostigma Hochst.
  • Iridopsis Welw. ex Baker
  • Jania Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Phaianthes Raf.
  • Plantia Herb. in Lindl.
  • Rheome Goldblatt
  • Roggeveldia Goldblatt
  • Sessilistigma Goldblatt
  • Sisyrinchium Mill. nom. illeg.
  • Vieusseuxia D.Delaroche

Moraea, the Cape tulips,[2] is a genus of plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1758. The group is widespread across Africa, the Mediterranean, and central and southwestern Asia.[3] The genus name is a tribute to the English botanist Robert More.[4]

Moraeas have iris-like flowers.[5] The corms of some species have been used as food, however they are usually small and some species are unpleasant, and some are poisonous.[6][7]

Some Moraea species are:[8]

Selected species
Moraea bellendenii
Moraea collina
Moraea flaccida
Moraea gawleri
Moraea macronyx
Moraea tricolor in habitat
Moraea virgata
  • G. J. Lewis, Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • Thunberg, Ker Gawler
  • J. G. Lewis
  • Moraea aristata (D. Delaroche) Ascherson & Graebner
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • L. Bolus
  • Moraea bellendenii (Sweet) Brown
  • (L. Bolus) Goldblatt
  • L. Bolus
  • Moraea bituminosa (L.f.) Ker Glawer
  • (Schlechter) Goldblatt
  • (L. Bolus) Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • (G. J. Lewis) Goldblatt
  • Barnard ex Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt & C.J. Manning
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • (L.f.) Ker Gawler
  • (G. J. Lewis) Goldblatt
  • Moraea collina Thunberg
  • (L. Bolus) Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • (L. Bolus) Goldblatt
  • Baker
  • Thunberg
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt & C. J. Manning
  • Goldblatt
  • Jacquin
  • Baker
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • Klatt
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • L. Bolus
  • Moraea filicaulis Baker, 1896
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea flaccida Sweet
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea fugacissima (L.f.) Goldblatt
  • (D.Delaroche) Jacquin
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • (L.f.) Goldblatt & Manning
  • Moraea garipensis Goldblatt
  • Moraea gawleri Sprengel
  • Moraea gigandra L.Bolus
  • Goldblatt
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea graniticola Goldblatt
  • Moraea hexaglottis Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • Moraea lewisiae (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt & J. C. Manning
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • (Jacquin) Persoon
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • (Salsbury) Goldblatt
  • Ler Gawler
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • Moraea macronyx G. J. Lewis
  • (L Bolus) Goldblatt
  • (Schlechter) Goldblatt & J. C. Manning
  • Goldblatt & J. C. Manning
  • Moraea miniata Andrews
  • Goldblatt
  • Ecklon
  • Goldblatt
  • (L. Bolus) Goldblatt & J. C. Manning
  • G. J. Lewis
  • Goldblatt
  • Moraea ochroleuca (Salsbury) Drapiez
  • (L.f.) Ker Gawler
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • L.f.
  • Moraea polystachya (Thunberg) Ker Gawler
  • Diels
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • (L.f.) Druce
  • Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt & J. C. Manning
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Baker
  • Moraea setifolia (L.f.) Druce
  • Moraea spathulata (L.f.) Klatt
  • (L. Bolus) Goldblatt
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea sisyrinchium (L.) Ker Gawler (Europe)
  • Goldblatt
  • Moraea tricolor Andrews
  • (L.f.) G. J. Lewis
  • (L.f.) Ker Gawler
  • L. Bolus
  • ThunbergFile:
  • Ker Gawler
  • Goldblatt
  • (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • (G. J. Lewis) Goldblatt
  • Moraea vegeta (L.)
  • Goldblatt
  • (Salsbury ex Klatt) Goldblatt
  • Goldblatt & C. J. Manning
  • Moraea viscaria (L.f.) Ker
  • Moraea virgata Jacquin
  • Moraea vuvuzela Goldblatt & J.C. Manning
  • Goldblatt

References[]

  1. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Moraea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 91–93. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.
  5. ^ Dyer, R. Allen (1975). The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants. ISBN 0-621-02854-1.
  6. ^ Hallowes, Desmond; Fox, Francis William; Young, Marion Memma Norwood (1982). Food from the veld: edible wild plants of southern Africa botanically identified and described. New York: Delta Books. ISBN 0-908387-20-2.
  7. ^ Watt, John Mitchell; Breyer-Brandwijk, Maria Gerdina (1962). The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: E & S Livingstone. OCLC 1279138.
  8. ^ Manning, Goldblatt & Snijman (2002). The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs. ISBN 0-88192-547-0.

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