Moraea

Moraea
Moraea viscaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Tribe:	Irideae
Genus:	Moraea Mill.
Type species
Moraea viscaria (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
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, though they usually are 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 neglecta

Moraea ramosissima

Moraea tricuspidata

Moraea tricolor in habitat

Moraea virgata

• 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 gawleri Sprengel
• Moraea gigandra L.Bolus
• Moraea gracilenta Goldblatt
• Moraea hesperantha (Goldblatt) Goldblatt
• Moraea graniticola Goldblatt
• Moraea hexaglottis Goldblatt
• Moraea inconspicua Goldblatt
• Moraea lewisae (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 polystacha (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 spathula (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 worcesterensis Goldblatt

References

1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
2. "Moraea". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. 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 0-88192-897-6.
5. Dyer, R. Allen, The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants. ISBN 0-621-02854-1, 1975
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: The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa 2nd ed Pub. E & S Livingstone 1962
8. Manning, Goldblatt & Snijman. The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs. ISBN 0-88192-547-0.

External links

• Media related to Moraea at Wikimedia Commons
• Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). [http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?submitForm=true&page_id=77&searchTextMenue=Moraea&filterRegionIDs[]=6&filterRegionIDs[]=1&filterRegionIDs[]=2&filterRegionIDs[]=3&filterRegionIDs[]=5 "Moraea"]. African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.