Iridaceae
Moraea

Moraea flaccida (Sweet) Steud.

First published in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 160 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is WSW. & SW. Cape Prov. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Introduced into:

New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., South Australia, St.Helena, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lambdon, P. (2012). Flowering plants & ferns of St Helena: 1-624. Pisces publications for St Helena nature conservation group.
  • Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1. Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wright, C. [s.n.] South Africa K002990124 Yes
Garside, S. [1541] South Africa K002990114 Yes
Saunders, C.F. [s.n.] United States K002990277 Yes
[C. Marchand] [64719] K002990278 Yes
Theron [2] South Africa K002990121 Yes
Goldblatt, P. [3932] South Africa K002990113 Yes
Christian, M. [s.n.] Norfolk Island K002933330 Yes
Symons, R.E. [s.n.] Australia K002990280 No
Perry, G. [1315] Australia K002933327 Yes
Garside, S. [67] South Africa K002990116 Yes
Schlechter, R. [5166] South Africa K002990126 Yes
s.coll. [64811] K002990279 Yes
Garside, S. [67] South Africa K002990115 Yes
{MacOwan; Bolus} [252] South Africa K002990112 Yes
{Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D.; W. et O.} [301] South Africa K002990117 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [362] South Africa K002990118 Yes
{Drège} [s.n.] K002990125 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [362] South Africa K002990120 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [362] South Africa K002990119 Yes
Ryder, A.D. [s.n.] South Africa K002990122 Yes
Ryder, A.D. [s.n.] South Africa K002990123 Yes
Dorrien Smith, A. [s.n.] Australia K002933328 Yes
Morrison, A. [8402] Australia K002933329 Yes
Christian, M. [s.n.] Norfolk Island K002933331 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Sanderson [s.n.] South Africa Homeria flaccida K000320041 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0