Iridaceae
Moraea

Moraea schimperi (Hochst.) Pic.Serm.

First published in Webbia 7: 349 (1950)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S., & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: i-xxviii, 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • 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. (1993). Flora Zambesiaca: i-iv, 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-89.
  • Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, second edition 3: i-vi, 1-276. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations.
  • 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.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Webbia 7: 349 (1950).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cribb & Leedal, Mountain Fl. S. Tanz.: 179, t. 51B (1982).
  • Goldblatt in Ann. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 14: 216 (1986)
  • Goldblatt in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64: 268 (1977)
  • Goldblatt in Flora Zambesiaca 12(4): 24 (1993).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 138 (1968).
  • Pic. Serm. in Webbia. 7: 349 (1950).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [958] Cameroon K000212827 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Meller, C.J. [s.n.] Zambia K000365910 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Meller, C.J. [s.n.] Zambia K000365911 Lectotype Yes
Nov 1, 1947 Schimper [1173] Ethiopia K000365920 Isotype Yes
Nov 1, 1947 Schimper [1173] Ethiopia K000365919 Lectotype Yes
Nov 1, 1947 Schimper [1296] Ethiopia K000365918 Type Yes
Leach, L.C.; Cannelle, L.E. [13861] Angola K002933750 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Malawi K002933694 Yes
Synge, A.H.M. [WC373] Malawi K002933717 Yes
Harris, T. [310] Mozambique K000613746 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [22601] Malawi K002933714 Yes
Last, J., T. [s.n.] Mozambique K000438622 No
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Angola K002933753 Yes
Robson, N.K.B.; Angus [326] Malawi K002933696 Yes
Wit, P.; [ +. O. Gbile ]; Daramola, B.O. [2076] Nigeria K002933338 Yes
McGregor, C.J. [3] Tanzania K002933476 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [3657] Nigeria K002933341 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [31454] Zambia K002933738 Yes
Linder [3869] Tanzania K002933506 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1504] Cameroon K002933346 Yes
Edwards, I.B. [676] Zambia K002933731 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [10298] Ethiopia K002933393 Yes
Meurillon, A. [1212] Cameroon K002933351 Yes
Pawek, J. [3935] Malawi K002933712 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Congdon, T.C.E. [133] Tanzania K002933504 Yes
Henriques, C.; Brites, M. [1139] Angola K002933749 Yes
Maiato, F.; Rafael, M. [FM1680] Angola K001622857 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [1702] Malawi K002933697 Yes
Chuwa, S.; Macha, D. [3076] Tanzania K002933511 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [1758] Sudan K002933386 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [417] Zambia K002933733 Yes
[Tobias Mbenkum] [TFM349] K002933350 Yes
Sharpe, A. [24] Malawi K002933715 Yes
Crook, A.O. [M151] Zimbabwe K002933741 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [7106] Ethiopia K002933390 Yes
Saxer, A. [88] Cameroon K002933349 Yes
{Greenway} [6306] Malawi K002933702 Yes
Geilinger [2611] Tanzania K002933475 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Brenan, J.P.M. [8272] Tanzania K002933499 Yes
Bauer, P.J. [22] Cameroon K002933343 Yes
Young, J.D. [245] Nigeria K002933335 Yes
Burger, W. [1706] Ethiopia K002933398 Yes
{Dr. Kirk} [s.n.] K002933695 Yes
Frisby, A.; Maiato, F. [4114] Angola K001334039 Yes
Welwitsch [1548] Angola K000365909 Type Yes
Austin, R. Tanzania K:SPC-18189.000 No
s.coll. [2677] Zimbabwe K002933744 Yes
McClintock, A. [199] Nigeria K002933336 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [6595] Ethiopia K002933391 Yes
Humphries, M. [1] Tanzania K002933509 Yes
Moriarty, A. [399] Malawi K002933709 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Trapnell, C.G. [5709] Zambia K002933727 Yes
Pichi-Sermolli, R. [2674] Ethiopia K002933389 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [5332] Ethiopia K002933397 Yes
Salubeni, A.J. [839] Malawi K002933701 Yes
Tuley, P.; Jackson, J.K.; Magaji, S.O. [1929] Nigeria K002933337 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K002933708 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [3651] Tanzania K002933480 Yes
Richards, H.M. [25795] Tanzania K002933477 Yes
Goldblatt, P.; Brummitt, R.K.; Lovett, J. [8169] Tanzania K002933498 Yes
[Gossweilerii] [8766] Angola K002933755 Yes
Phillips, E. [4050] Malawi K002933722 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [1222] Sudan K002933387 Yes
Gereau, R.; Kayombo, C.J. [4080] Tanzania K002933507 Yes
{Manuel da Silva} [3188] Angola K002933748 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [17781] Tanzania K002933479 Yes
Benson, F.M. [NR386] Zambia K002933730 Yes
Grimshaw, J. [931028] Tanzania K002933513 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8377] Tanzania K002933490 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1774] Cameroon K002933347 Yes
Bauer, P.J. [154] Cameroon K002933342 Yes
Richards, H.M. [7846] Tanzania K002933496 Yes
[Gossweilerii] [8766] Angola K002933752 Yes
Wild, H. [3871] Zimbabwe K002933743 Yes
Thomson [s.n.] Tanzania K002933484 Yes
Humbert, H. [17106] Malawi K002933719 Yes
Semsei [1597] Tanzania K002933501 Yes
Napper, D. [1126] Tanzania K002933489 Yes
Scott, H. [270] Ethiopia K002933400 Yes
Tuley, P.; Jackson, J.K.; Magaji, S.O. [2081] Nigeria K002933339 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [7729] Ethiopia K002933395 Yes
s.coll. [H-68] Ethiopia K002933399 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hunde, A.; Tadesse, M. [3662] Ethiopia K002933403 Yes
Richards, H.M. [11400] Tanzania K002933494 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [5844] Zambia K002933725 Yes
Schaijes, M. [2337] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002933352 Yes
Willan, R.L. [182] Tanzania K002933500 Yes
Garley, D.L. [576] Malawi K002933698 Yes
Maiato, F. [FM1053(139251)] Angola K002933747 Yes
Gaetano [74] Tanzania K002933487 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K002933734 Yes
Richards, M. [18460] Tanzania K002933481 Yes
Gilbert, M. [1150A] Ethiopia K002933392 Yes
Kulumule, L.S. [2] Malawi K002933700 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [4032] Zambia K002933732 Yes
Smeds, H. [1241] Ethiopia K002933394 Yes
Ash [1519] K:SPC-35807.000 No
Pawek, J. [2757] Malawi K002933711 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Gilbert, M.G. [306] Ethiopia K002933402 Yes
Ash, J. [1519] Ethiopia K002933401 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K002933340 Yes
Congdon, T.C.E. [179] Tanzania K002933505 Yes
Zimbabwe K:SPC-23541.000 No
[illegible] [916] Tanzania K002933485 Yes
Modesty Sasane [931] Zambia K002933739 Yes
White, F. [3286] Zambia K002933740 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1504] Nigeria K:SPC-26127.000 No
[illegible] [s.n.] Tanzania K002933483 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [89] Sudan K002933384 Yes
Jones, T.S. [360] K:SPC-27679.000 No
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [1222] Sudan K002933388 Yes
Burger, W. [2933] Ethiopia K002933396 Yes
de Kruif, A.P.M. [1349] Malawi K002933716 Yes
Richards, H.M. [22448] Malawi K002933713 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/265] Malawi K002933720 Yes
Chapman, J.D.; Chapman, E.G. [8043] Malawi K002933723 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8377] Tanzania K002933491 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [922] Angola K002933751 Yes
Semsei [1597] Tanzania K002933502 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [21466] Malawi K002933710 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3012] Zambia K002933728 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A1895] Sudan K002933383 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Angola K002933754 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [965] Zambia K002933729 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [13138] Zambia K002933726 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [6225] Tanzania K002933493 Yes
{Dr. Kirk} [s.n.] Malawi K002933693 Yes
Fuller, K.A.P. [64] Tanzania K002933503 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8377] Tanzania K:SPC-22963.000 No
Eyles, F. [1791] Zimbabwe K002933742 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/265] Malawi K002933721 Yes
Becquet [162] Burundi K002933353 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [18203] Zambia K002933736 Yes
Latilo, M.G.; Daramola, B.O. [34380] Cameroon K002933345 Yes
Carmichael [291] Tanzania K002933488 Yes
E. [Ade Leyse] [186] Tanzania K002933510 Yes
Smith, J. [24] Sudan K002933385 Yes
Brass, L.J. [17632] Malawi K002933699 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K002933512 Yes
Richards, H.M. [6631] Tanzania K002933497 Yes
Gereau, R.; Kayombo, C.J. [3991] Tanzania K002933508 Yes
Myres, R.J. [78] Zimbabwe K002933745 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [22468] Zambia K002933737 Yes
Pawek, J. [3793] Malawi K002933703 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1492] Sudan K002933382 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K002933746 Yes
Richards, H.M. [7690] Tanzania K002933495 Yes
Synge, A.H.M. [WC373] Malawi K002933718 Yes
Richards, H.M. [6585] Tanzania K002933478 Yes

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