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Perennial herbs, dying back each year, with corms. Foliage leaves 1-several. Inflorescence composed of rhipidia; rhipidia 1 per branch or crowded terminally, each enclosed in a pair of spathes. Flowers actinomorphic, Iris-like, usually blue or yellow. Ovary long-pedicellate. Style divided into 3 flat petaloid branches, these apically forked into 2 crests; stigma transverse and abaxial below base of crests. Anthers appressed to the style branches. Fruit a capsule.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Moraea Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=380
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Moraea

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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, however they are usually small and some species are unpleasant, and some are poisonous.[6][7]

Some Moraea species are:[8]

References

  1. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Moraea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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. ^ Manning, Goldblatt & Snijman (2002). The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs. ISBN 0-88192-547-0.

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Moraea: Brief Summary

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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.

Moraeas have iris-like flowers. The corms of some species have been used as food, however they are usually small and some species are unpleasant, and some are poisonous.

Some Moraea species are:

Selected speciesMoraea bellendeniiMoraea collinaMoraea flaccidaMoraea gawleriMoraea macronyxMoraea neglectaMoraea ramosissimaMoraea tricuspidataMoraea tricolor in habitatMoraea 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 atropunctata 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 filicaulis Baker, 1896 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 garipensis Goldblatt Moraea gawleri Sprengel Moraea gigandra L.Bolus Moraea gracilenta Goldblatt Moraea hesperantha (Goldblatt) Goldblatt Moraea graniticola Goldblatt Moraea hexaglottis Goldblatt Moraea inconspicua Goldblatt Moraea lewisiae (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 polystachya (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 spathulata (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 vuvuzela Goldblatt & J.C. Manning Moraea worcesterensis Goldblatt
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