Iridaceae

Moraea Mill.

First published in Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 2: 159 (1758), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Medit. to W. Himalaya.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Baleares, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Ethiopia, Free State, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Great Britain, Madeira, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., South Australia, St.Helena, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cooke, D.A. (1986). Flora of Australia 46: i-xii, 1-247. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 338. Nom. cons.
  • Fig. Pl. 159, t. 238 (1758)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fig. Pl. Gard. Diet. 2: 159, Pl. CCXXIX (1758) (as “Morea” ) nom. conserv.
  • Goldblatt in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64: 243 (1977)
  • in Ann. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 14 (1986),

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • (as “ Morea ” ), Fig. Pl. 2: 159, t. 279 (1758), nom. conserv.
  • Goldblatt in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64: 243-295 (1977)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0