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 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 + southwestern Asia.^[2] The genus name is a tribute to the English botanist Robert More.^[3]

Moraeas have iris-like flowers.^[4] The corms of some species have been used as food, though they usually are small, and some species are unpleasant and some actually poisonous.^[5]^[6]

Some Moraea species: ^[7]

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 virgita Jacquin
Moraea worcesterensis Goldblatt

References

↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
↑ 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 0-88192-897-6.
↑ Dyer, R. Allen, “The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants”. ISBN 0-621-02854-1, 1975
↑ 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: The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa 2nd ed Pub. E & S Livingstone 1962
↑ 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.