Moraea

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Genus of flowering plants

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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

| image = Moraea viscaria (5).JPG | image_caption = Moraea viscaria | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Moraea | authority = Mill. | type_species = Moraea viscaria | type_species_authority = (L.f.) Ker Gawl. | synonyms =

  • 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 |synonyms_ref =

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.

Description

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.

Taxonomy

The following species are recognised in the genus Moraea: | direction = vertical | header = Selected species | align = right | width = 200 | image1 = Moraea bellendenii Signal Hill.jpg | caption1 = Moraea bellendenii | image2 = Moraea collina flower.JPG | caption2 = Moraea collina | image3 = Moraea flaccida flower.JPG | caption3 = Moraea flaccida | image4 = Moraea gawleri. Sprengel Rondebosch common (2).jpg | caption4 = Moraea gawleri | image5 = Moraea macronyx flower.jpg | caption5 = Moraea macronyx | image6 =Moraea_fugax_subsp.fugax.jpg | caption6 = Moraea neglecta | image7 = Moraea ramosissima..jpg | caption7 = Moraea ramosissima | image8 = Moraea tricuspidata (1).jpg | caption8 = Moraea tricuspidata | image9 = Moraea tricolor.jpg | caption9 = Moraea tricolor in habitat | image10 = Moraea virgata.jpg | caption10 = Moraea virgata

References

References

  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  2. {{PLANTS
  3. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=323692 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
  4. (2008). "The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification". Timber Press.
  5. Dyer, R. Allen. (1975). "The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants".
  6. (1982). "Food from the veld: edible wild plants of southern Africa botanically identified and described". Delta Books.
  7. Watt, John Mitchell. (1962). "The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa". E & S Livingstone.
  8. "Moraea Mill. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science".

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