Moraea
Moraea viscaria
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
List
  • 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]

Description

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

Taxonomy

The following species are recognised in the genus Moraea:[8]

Selected species
Moraea neglecta
Moraea ramosissima
Moraea tricuspidata
Moraea tricolor in habitat
  • Moraea acocksii Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea afro-orientalis Goldblatt
  • Moraea albicuspa Goldblatt
  • Moraea albiflora (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt
  • Moraea algoensis Goldblatt
  • Moraea alpina Goldblatt
  • Moraea alticola Goldblatt
  • Moraea amabilis Diels
  • Moraea amissa Goldblatt
  • Moraea angolensis Goldblatt
  • Moraea angulata Goldblatt
  • Moraea angusta (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
  • Moraea anomala G.J.Lewis
  • Moraea ardesiaca Goldblatt
  • Moraea aristata (D.Delaroche) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Moraea aspera Goldblatt
  • Moraea atromontana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea atropunctata Goldblatt
  • Moraea australis (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea autumnalis (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea balundana Goldblatt
  • Moraea barkerae Goldblatt
  • Moraea barnardiella Goldblatt
  • Moraea barnardii L.Bolus
  • Moraea bella Harms
  • Moraea bellendenii (Sweet) N.E.Br.
  • Moraea bifida (L.Bolus) Goldblatt
  • Moraea bipartita L.Bolus
  • Moraea bituminosa (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
  • Moraea bolusii Baker
  • Moraea bovonei Chiov.
  • Moraea brachygyne (Schltr.) Goldblatt
  • Moraea brevifolia Goldblatt
  • Moraea brevistyla (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea brevituba (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea britteniae (L.Bolus) Goldblatt
  • Moraea bubalina Goldblatt
  • Moraea bulbillifera (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt
  • Moraea caeca Barnard ex Goldblatt
  • Moraea calcicola Goldblatt
  • Moraea callista Goldblatt
  • Moraea cantharophila Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea carnea Goldblatt
  • Moraea carsonii Baker
  • Moraea cedarmontana (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea cedarmonticola Goldblatt
  • Moraea ciliata (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
  • Moraea cistiflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea citrina (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt
  • Moraea clavata R.C.Foster
  • Moraea collina Thunb.
  • Moraea comptonii (L.Bolus) Goldblatt
  • Moraea contorta Goldblatt
  • Moraea cookii (L.Bolus) Goldblatt
  • Moraea cooperi Baker
  • Moraea crispa Thunb.
  • Moraea cuspidata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea debilis Goldblatt
  • Moraea decipiens Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea deltoidea Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea demissa Goldblatt
  • Moraea deserticola Goldblatt
  • Moraea doleritica Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea dracomontana Goldblatt
  • Moraea eburnea Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea elegans Jacq.
  • Moraea elliotii Baker
  • Moraea elsiae Goldblatt
  • Moraea exiliflora Goldblatt
  • Moraea falcifolia Klatt
  • Moraea fenestralis (Goldblatt & E.G.H.Oliv.) Goldblatt
  • Moraea fenestrata (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea fergusoniae L.Bolus
  • Moraea filamentosa Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea filicaulis Baker
  • Moraea fistulosa (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea flaccida (Sweet) Steud.
  • Moraea flava Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea flavescens (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea flexicaulis Goldblatt
  • Moraea fragrans Goldblatt
  • Moraea fugacissima (L.f.) Goldblatt
  • Moraea fugax (D.Delaroche) Jacq.
  • Moraea fuscomontana (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea galaxia (L.f.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea galpinii (Baker) N.E.Br.
  • Moraea garipensis Goldblatt
  • Moraea gawleri Spreng.
  • Moraea geminifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea gigandra L.Bolus
  • Moraea gracilenta Goldblatt
  • Moraea graminicola Oberm.
  • Moraea grandis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea graniticola Goldblatt
  • Moraea hainebachiana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea helicoidea Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea helmei Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea herrei (L.Bolus) Goldblatt
  • Moraea hesperantha (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea hexaglottis Goldblatt
  • Moraea hiemalis Goldblatt
  • Moraea huttonii (Baker) Oberm.
  • Moraea inclinata Goldblatt
  • Moraea inconspicua Goldblatt
  • Moraea incurva G.J.Lewis
  • Moraea indecora Goldblatt
  • Moraea insolens Goldblatt
  • Moraea intermedia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea inyangani Goldblatt
  • Moraea iringensis Goldblatt
  • Moraea kamiesensis Goldblatt
  • Moraea kamiesmontana (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea karooica Goldblatt
  • Moraea knersvlaktensis Goldblatt
  • Moraea lazulina Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea lewisiae (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea lilacina Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea linderi Goldblatt
  • Moraea longiaristata Goldblatt
  • Moraea longiflora Ker Gawl.
  • Moraea longifolia (Jacq.) Pers.
  • Moraea longipes Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea longistyla (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea loubseri Goldblatt
  • Moraea louisabolusiae Goldblatt
  • Moraea lugubris (Salisb.) Goldblatt
  • Moraea lurida Ker Gawl.
  • Moraea luteoalba (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea macgregoriorum Goldblatt
  • Moraea macrantha Baker
  • Moraea macrocarpa Goldblatt
  • Moraea macronyx G.J.Lewis
  • Moraea margaretae Goldblatt
  • Moraea marginata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
  • Moraea marionae N.E.Br.
  • Moraea marlothii (L.Bolus) Goldblatt
  • Moraea maximiliani (Schltr.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea mediterranea Goldblatt
  • Moraea melanops Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea miniata Andrews
  • Moraea minima Goldblatt
  • Moraea minor Eckl.
  • Moraea modesta Killick
  • Moraea moggii N.E.Br.
  • Moraea monticola Goldblatt
  • Moraea muddii N.E.Br.
  • Moraea mutila (Eckl.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea namaquamontana Goldblatt
  • Moraea namaquana (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea namibensis Goldblatt
  • Moraea nana (L.Bolus) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea natalensis Baker
  • Moraea neglecta G.J.Lewis
  • Moraea niassensis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea nubigena Goldblatt
  • Moraea ochroleuca (Salisb.) Drapiez
  • Moraea ogamana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea orthrosantha Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea pallida (Baker) Goldblatt
  • Moraea papilionacea (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
  • Moraea patens (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea pearsonii Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea pendula (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea petricola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea pilifolia Goldblatt
  • Moraea polyanthos L.f.
  • Moraea polystachya (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
  • Moraea pritzeliana Diels
  • Moraea pseudospicata Goldblatt
  • Moraea pubiflora N.E.Br.
  • Moraea pyrophila Goldblatt
  • Moraea quartzicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea radians (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea ramosissima (L.f.) Druce
  • Moraea reflexa Goldblatt
  • Moraea regalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea reticulata Goldblatt
  • Moraea rigidifolia Goldblatt
  • Moraea riparia (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea rivulicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea robusta (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea saldanhensis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea saxicola Goldblatt
  • Moraea schimperi (Hochst.) Pic.Serm.
  • Moraea schlechteri (L.Bolus) Goldblatt
  • Moraea serpentina Baker
  • Moraea serratostyla (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea setifolia (L.f.) Druce
  • Moraea simplex Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea simulans Baker
  • Moraea singularis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea sisyrinchium (L.) Ker Gawl.
  • Moraea spathulata (L.f.) Klatt
  • Moraea speciosa (L.Bolus) Goldblatt
  • Moraea stagnalis (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea striata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea stricta Baker
  • Moraea tanquana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea tanzanica Goldblatt
  • Moraea teretifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea textilis (Welw. ex Baker) Baker
  • Moraea thermarum Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea thomasiae Goldblatt
  • Moraea thomsonii Baker
  • Moraea tortilis Goldblatt
  • Moraea tricolor Andrews
  • Moraea tricuspidata (L.f.) G.J.Lewis
  • Moraea trifida R.C.Foster
  • Moraea tripetala (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
  • Moraea tulbaghensis L.Bolus
  • Moraea umbellata Thunb.
  • Moraea unguiculata Ker Gawl.
  • Moraea unibracteata Goldblatt
  • Moraea unifoliata R.C.Foster
  • Moraea upembana Goldblatt
  • Moraea vallisavium Goldblatt
  • Moraea vallisbelli (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea variabilis (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt
  • Moraea vegeta L.
  • Moraea venenata Dinter
  • Moraea ventricosa Baker
  • Moraea verdickii De Wild.
  • Moraea verecunda Goldblatt
  • Moraea versicolor (Salisb. ex Klatt) Goldblatt
  • Moraea vespertina Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea vigilans Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea villosa (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl.
  • Moraea virgata Jacq.
  • Moraea viscaria (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
  • Moraea vlokii Goldblatt
  • Moraea vuvuzela Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Moraea worcesterensis 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.
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