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
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 (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
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

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 bellendenii

Moraea collina

Moraea flaccida

Moraea gawleri

Moraea macronyx

Moraea neglecta

Moraea ramosissima

Moraea tricuspidata

Moraea tricolor in habitat

Moraea virgata

• 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