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Moraea

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Moraea
Moraea viscaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
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

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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

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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
Moraea virgata

References

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  1. ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  2. ↑ NRCS. "Moraea". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (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 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.
  8. ↑ "Moraea Mill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
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  • Wikimedia Commons logo Media related to Moraea at Wikimedia Commons
  • Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Moraea". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
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