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Moraea
Genus of flowering plants
Moraea, the Cape tulips, 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. The genus name is a tribute to the English botanist Robert More.
01Description
Moraeas have iris-like flowers. 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.
02Taxonomy
The following species are recognised in the genus Moraea:
- 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
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