Iridaceae
Moraea

Moraea carsonii Baker

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 391 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sudan to W. Botswana. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Burundi, Malawi, Namibia, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: i-viii, 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
  • Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1-102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1978). Systematics of Moraea (Iridaceae) in Tropical Africa. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 64: 243-295.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1993). Flora Zambesiaca: i-iv, 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-89.
  • Lebrun J.-P. & Stork, A.L. (1995). Énumération des Plants à Fleurs D'Afrique Tropicale 3: 1-341. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: i-viii, 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
  • Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1-102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1978). Systematics of Moraea (Iridaceae) in Tropical Africa. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 64: 243-295.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-89.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1894: 391 (1894)
  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 341 (1898).
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 429 (1987).
  • Goldblatt in Ann. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 14: 126 (1986)
  • Goldblatt in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64: 252 (1977)
  • Goldblatt in Flora Zambesiaca 12(4): 14 (1993).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Cruse, A.W. [226] Zambia K002933590 Yes
DBF [s.n.] Zambia K002933593 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [7436] Zambia K002933583 Yes
K:SPC-23540.000 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [3933] Zambia K002933582 Yes
Pawek, J. [13929] Malawi K002933570 Yes
Skarpe, C. [S-286] Botswana K002933615 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Polhill, R.M. [13731] Tanzania K002933405 Yes
Kornas, J. [3026] Zambia K002933594 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1739] Zambia K002933585 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [8023] Zambia K002933580 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1790] Zambia K002933592 Yes
Cecil, A.M. [205] Zimbabwe K002933612 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [86] Zambia K002933598 Yes
Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [4968] Zimbabwe K002933605 Yes
Johnson, W.P. [s.n.] Malawi K002933569 Yes
Polhill, R. [411] Kenya K:SPC-03673.000 No
Wild, H. [4927] Zimbabwe K002933607 Yes
Cruse, A.W. [119] Zambia K002933588 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1793] Zambia K002933586 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1790] Zambia K002933591 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [1654] Malawi K002933567 Yes
Bigwood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [9031] Zambia K001553892 Yes
Allen, C.E.F. [498] Zambia K002933577 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [4038] Zambia K002933600 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [4038] Zambia K002933601 Yes
Humphries, R.; Humphries, M. [s.n.] Tanzania K002933406 Yes
Rayner, R.W. [545] Kenya K:SPC-24271.000 No
Pawek, J. [10785] Malawi K002933568 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [10738] Zambia K002933602 Yes
Macaulay [1116] Zambia K002933597 Yes
Cheesman, E. [25] Zimbabwe K002933614 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [326] Zambia K002933595 Yes
Wild, H. [7494] Zimbabwe K002933611 Yes
Lovett, J.; Congdon, T.C.E. [2892] Tanzania K002933410 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Polhill, R.M. [13768] Zambia K002933604 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [19428] Zambia K002933603 Yes
Kenya K:SPC-19049.000 No
{I. la Croix} [291] Malawi K002933571 Yes
Wild, H. [5475] Zimbabwe K002933609 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [4456] Malawi K002933566 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Polhill, R.M.; Banda, E.A. [16265] Malawi K002933574 Yes
Bamps; Symoens; Berghen, V. [175] Zimbabwe K002933613 Yes
Club, L. [82] Zambia K002933596 Yes
s.coll. [14023] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002933348 Yes
Garley, D.L. [852] Zimbabwe K002933610 Yes
Merrett, L. [LM1273] Zambia K002933575 Yes
Cruse, A.W. [226] Zambia K002933589 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2714] Tanzania K002933407 Yes
West, O. [7010] Zimbabwe K002933606 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [8023] Zambia K002933581 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [86] Zambia K002933599 Yes
Leedal, G.P. [5281] Tanzania K002933404 Yes
Phillips, E. [4606] Malawi K002933572 Yes
Carson [s.n.] Zambia K000365912 Holotype Yes
Pawek, J. [3358] Malawi K002933564 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1185] Zambia K002933584 Yes
Wild, H. [5478] Zimbabwe K002933608 Yes
Angus, A. [1466] Zambia K002933576 Yes
Strid, Å. [2900] Zambia K002933578 Yes
Maog, G.V.O. [s.n.] K002934379 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2499] Tanzania K002933409 Yes
Pawek [4421] Malawi K002933565 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2499] Tanzania K002933408 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F612] Zambia K002933587 Yes
Phillips, E. [4665B] Malawi K002933573 Yes
Sanane, M. [986] Zambia K002933579 Yes

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