Moraea
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]
| Moraea | |
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| Moraea viscaria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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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]
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- Moraea albiflora G. J. Lewis, Goldblatt
- Moraea algoensis Goldblatt
- Moraea amissa Goldblatt
- Moraea angulata Goldblatt
- Moraea angusta Thunberg, Ker Gawler
- Moraea anomala J. G. Lewis
- Moraea aristata (D. Delaroche) Ascherson & Graebner
- Moraea aspera Goldblatt
- Moraea autopunctata Goldblatt
- Moraea australis (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea autumnalis Goldblatt
- Moraea barkerae Goldblatt
- Moraea barnardiella Goldblatt
- Moraea barnardii L. Bolus
- Moraea bellendenii (Sweet) Brown
- Moraea bifida (L. Bolus) Goldblatt
- Moraea bipartita L. Bolus
- Moraea bituminosa (L.f.) Ker Glawer
- Moraea brachygne (Schlechter) Goldblatt
- Moraea britteniae (L. Bolus) Goldblatt
- Moraea bubalina Goldblatt
- Moraea bulbillifera (G. J. Lewis) Goldblatt
- Moraea cacea Barnard ex Goldblatt
- Moraea calcicola Goldblatt
- Moraea cantharophila Goldblatt & C.J. Manning
- Moraea cedarmontna (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea cedermonticola Goldblatt
- Moraea ciliata (L.f.) Ker Gawler
- Moraea citrina (G. J. Lewis) Goldblatt
- Moraea collina Thunberg
- Moraea comptonii (L. Bolus) Goldblatt
- Moraea contorta Goldblatt
- Moraea cookii (L. Bolus) Goldblatt
- Moraea cooperi Baker
- Moraea crispa Thunberg
- Moraea debilis Goldblatt
- Moraea autumnalis Goldblatt
- Moraea deltoidea Goldblatt & C. J. Manning
- Moraea demissa Goldblatt
- Moraea elegans Jacquin
- Moraea elliotii Baker
- Moraea elsiae Goldblatt
- Moraea exiliflora Goldblatt
- Moraea falcifolia Klatt
- Moraea fenestrata (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea fergusoniae L. Bolus
- Moraea fistulosa (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea flaccida Sweet
- Moraea flaviscens (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea fragrans Goldblatt
- Moraea fistulosa (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea fugacissima (L.f.) Goldblatt
- Moraea fugax (D.Delaroche) Jacquin
- Moraea fuscomontana (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea galaxia (L.f.) Goldblatt & Manning
- Moraea garipensis Goldblatt
- Moraea gawleri Sprengel
- Moraea gigandra L.Bolus
- Moraea gracilenta Goldblatt
- Moraea hesperantha (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea graniticola Goldblatt
- Moraea hexaglottis Goldblatt
- Moraea inconspicua Goldblatt
- Moraea lewisiae (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea lilacina Goldblatt & J. C. Manning
- Moraea linderi Goldblatt
- Moraea longiaristata Goldblatt
- Moraea longifolia (Jacquin) Persoon
- Moraea longistyla (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea loubseri Goldblatt
- Moraea louisabolusiae Goldblatt
- Moraea lugubris (Salsbury) Goldblatt
- Moraea lurida Ler Gawler
- Moraea luteoalba (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea macgregorii Goldblatt
- Moraea macrocarpa Goldblatt
- Moraea macronyx G. J. Lewis
- Moraea marlothii (L Bolus) Goldblatt
- Moraea maximiliani (Schlechter) Goldblatt & J. C. Manning
- Moraea melanops Goldblatt & J. C. Manning
- Moraea miniata Andrews
- Moraea minima Goldblatt
- Moraea minor Ecklon
- Moraea monticola Goldblatt
- Moraea nana (L. Bolus) Goldblatt & J. C. Manning
- Moraea neglecta G. J. Lewis
- Moraea nibigena Goldblatt
- Moraea ochroleuca (Salsbury) Drapiez
- Moraea papilionacea (L.f.) Ker Gawler
- Moraea patens (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea pilifolia Goldblatt
- Moraea polyanthos L.f.
- Moraea polystachya (Thunberg) Ker Gawler
- Moraea pritzeliana Diels
- Moraea pseudospicata Goldblatt
- Moraea pyrophila Goldblatt
- Moraea radians (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea ramosissima (L.f.) Druce
- Moraea reflexa Goldblatt
- Moraea regalis Goldblatt & J. C. Manning
- Moraea riparia (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea serpentina Baker
- Moraea setifolia (L.f.) Druce
- Moraea spathulata (L.f.) Klatt
- Moraea speciosa (L. Bolus) Goldblatt
- Moraea stagnalis (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea sisyrinchium (L.) Ker Gawler (Europe)
- Moraea thomasiae Goldblatt
- Moraea tricolor Andrews
- Moraea tricuspidata (L.f.) G. J. Lewis
- Moraea tripetala (L.f.) Ker Gawler
- Moraea tulbaghensis L. Bolus
- Moraea umbellata ThunbergFile:
- Moraea unguiculata Ker Gawler
- Moraea vallisavium Goldblatt
- Moraea vallisbelli (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea variabilis (G. J. Lewis) Goldblatt
- Moraea vegeta (L.)
- Moraea verecunda Goldblatt
- Moraea versicolor (Salsbury ex Klatt) Goldblatt
- Moraea vespertina Goldblatt & C. J. Manning
- Moraea villosa
- Moraea viscaria (L.f.) Ker
- Moraea virgata Jacquin
- Moraea vuvuzela Goldblatt & J.C. Manning
- Moraea worcesterensis Goldblatt
References
- "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
- "Moraea". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 91–93. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.
- Dyer, R. Allen (1975). The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants. ISBN 0-621-02854-1.
- 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.
- 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.
- Manning, Goldblatt & Snijman (2002). The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs. ISBN 0-88192-547-0.
External links
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Moraea". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
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