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Moraea
Moraea viscaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Iridaceae
Tribe:
Irideae
Genus:
Moraea

Type species
Moraea viscaria
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, 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, though they usually are small, and some species are unpleasant and some are poisonous.[6][7]

Some Moraea species are:[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

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 0-88192-897-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Dyer, R. Allen, The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants. ISBN 0-621-02854-1, 1975
  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Watt, John Mitchell, Breyer-Brandwijk, Maria Gerdina: The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa 2nd ed Pub. E & S Livingstone 1962
  8. ^ Manning, Goldblatt & Snijman. The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs. ISBN 0-88192-547-0.
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