''Moraea'', the Cape tulips, is a

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, first described as a genus in 1758. The group is widespread across

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. The genus name is a tribute to the English botanist

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. Moraeas have iris-like flowers. The corms of some species have been used as food, however they are usually small and some species are unpleasant, and some are poisonous. Some ''Moraea'' species are: * ''

Moraea albiflora ''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 E ...

'' G. J. Lewis, Goldblatt * ''

Moraea algoensis ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea amissa ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea angulata ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea angusta ''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 ...

'' Thunberg, Ker Gawler * ''

Moraea anomala ''Moraea'', the Cape tulips, is a genus of plants in the family Iridaceae Iridaceae is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises, meaning rainbow, referring to its many colours. There are 66 accepted genera w ...

'' J. G. Lewis * ''

Moraea aristata ''Moraea aristata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is referred to by the common names blue-eyed uintjie or Blouooguintjie in Afrikaans and is a critically endangered species of plant in the genus ''Moraea'', that is ...

'' (D. Delaroche) Ascherson & Graebner * ''

Moraea aspera ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea atropunctata ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea australis ''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 ...

'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea autumnalis ''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 E ...

'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea barkerae'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea barnardiella'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea barnardii'' L. Bolus * '' Moraea bellendenii'' (Sweet) Brown * '' Moraea bifida'' (L. Bolus) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea bipartita ''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 E ...

'' L. Bolus * '' Moraea bituminosa'' (L.f.) Ker Glawer * ''

Moraea brachygne ''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 E ...

'' (Schlechter) Goldblatt * '' Moraea britteniae'' (L. Bolus) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea bubalina ''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 E ...

'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea bulbillifera ''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 E ...

'' (G. J. Lewis) Goldblatt * '' Moraea cacea'' Barnard ex Goldblatt * ''

Moraea calcicola ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea cantharophila ''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 E ...

'' Goldblatt & C.J. Manning * ''

Moraea cedarmontna ''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 ...

'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea cedermonticola ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea ciliata ''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 ...

'' (L.f.) Ker Gawler * '' Moraea citrina'' (G. J. Lewis) Goldblatt * '' Moraea collina'' Thunberg * ''

Moraea comptonii ''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 ...

'' (L. Bolus) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea contorta ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea cookii ''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 ...

'' (L. Bolus) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea cooperi ''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 E ...

'' Baker * ''

Moraea crispa ''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 ...

'' Thunberg * '' Moraea debilis'' Goldblatt * ''

'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea deltoidea ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt & C. J. Manning * '' Moraea demissa'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea elegans'' Jacquin * '' Moraea elliotii'' Baker * ''

Moraea elsiae ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea exiliflora'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea falcifolia ''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 ...

'' Klatt * ''

Moraea fenestrata ''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 ...

'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea fergusoniae'' L. Bolus * ''

Moraea filicaulis ''Moraea filicaulis'' is a flowering plant in the iris family, Iridaceae. It is endemic to South Africa where it occurs in Namaqualand, Knersvlakte, Olifants River Valley, and the West Coast. ''Moraea filicaulis'' is considered a species of least ...

'' Baker, 1896 * ''

Moraea fistulosa ''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 ...

'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea flaccida'' Sweet * '' Moraea flaviscens'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea fragrans'' Goldblatt * ''

'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea fugacissima ''Moraea fugacissima'' is a plant species in the family Iridaceae. References fugacissima {{Iridaceae-stub ...

'' (L.f.) Goldblatt * '' Moraea fugax'' (D.Delaroche) Jacquin * ''

Moraea fuscomontana ''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 ...

'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea galaxia ''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 E ...

'' (L.f.) Goldblatt & Manning * '' Moraea garipensis'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea gawleri ''Moraea gawleri'' is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae Iridaceae is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises, meaning rainbow, referring to its many colours. There are 66 accepted genera with a total ...

'' Sprengel * ''

Moraea gigandra ''Moraea gigandra'' is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae Iridaceae is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises, meaning rainbow, referring to its many colours. There are 66 accepted genera with a tota ...

'' L.Bolus * '' Moraea gracilenta'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea hesperantha'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea graniticola'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea hexaglottis'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea inconspicua'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea lewisiae'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea lilacina'' Goldblatt & J. C. Manning * ''

Moraea linderi ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea longiaristata ''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 E ...

'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea longifolia ''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 E ...

'' (Jacquin) Persoon * ''

Moraea longistyla ''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 E ...

'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea loubseri'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea louisabolusiae'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea lugubris'' (Salsbury) Goldblatt * '' Moraea lurida'' Ler Gawler * ''

Moraea luteoalba ''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 E ...

'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea macgregorii ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea macrocarpa'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea macronyx'' G. J. Lewis * ''

Moraea marlothii ''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 ...

'' (L Bolus) Goldblatt * '' Moraea maximiliani'' (Schlechter) Goldblatt & J. C. Manning * '' Moraea melanops'' Goldblatt & J. C. Manning * '' Moraea miniata'' Andrews * '' Moraea minima'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea minor ''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 E ...

'' Ecklon * '' Moraea monticola'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea nana ''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 ...

'' (L. Bolus) Goldblatt & J. C. Manning * '' Moraea neglecta'' G. J. Lewis * '' Moraea nibigena'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea ochroleuca'' (Salsbury) Drapiez * ''

Moraea papilionacea ''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 ...

'' (L.f.) Ker Gawler * '' Moraea patens'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea pilifolia ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea polyanthos'' L.f. * ''

Moraea polystachya ''Moraea polystachya'' is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae native to southern Africa. Description ''Moraea polystachya'' is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing to about 80mm high. Leaves are green, linear, long and narrow, resembl ...

'' (Thunberg) Ker Gawler * ''

Moraea pritzeliana ''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 E ...

'' Diels * '' Moraea pseudospicata'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea pyrophila'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea radians ''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 ...

'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea ramosissima ''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 ...

'' (L.f.) Druce * '' Moraea reflexa'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea regalis ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt & J. C. Manning * ''

Moraea riparia ''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 ...

'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea serpentina'' Baker * ''

Moraea setifolia ''Moraea setifolia'' is a plant species in the family Iridaceae. References setifolia {{Iridaceae-stub ...

'' (L.f.) Druce * '' Moraea spathulata'' (L.f.) Klatt * ''

Moraea speciosa ''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 E ...

'' (L. Bolus) Goldblatt * '' Moraea stagnalis'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea sisyrinchium ''Moraea sisyrinchium'' (syn. ''Gynandriris sisyrinchium''), the Barbary nut, is a species of flowering plant, a dwarf iris, in the genus '' Moraea'', native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean region. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q1631 ...

'' (L.) Ker Gawler (Europe) * '' Moraea thomasiae'' Goldblatt * ''

Moraea tricolor ''Moraea tricolor'' is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae Iridaceae is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises, meaning rainbow, referring to its many colours. There are 66 accepted genera with a tota ...

'' Andrews * ''

Moraea tricuspidata ''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 E ...

'' (L.f.) G. J. Lewis * '' Moraea tripetala'' (L.f.) Ker Gawler * ''

Moraea tulbaghensis ''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 ...

'' L. Bolus * '' Moraea umbellata'' ThunbergFile: * ''

Moraea unguiculata ''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 ...

'' Ker Gawler * '' Moraea vallisavium'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea vallisbelli'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea variabilis ''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 ...

'' (G. J. Lewis) Goldblatt * '' Moraea vegeta'' (L.) * '' Moraea verecunda'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea versicolor'' (Salsbury ex Klatt) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea vespertina ''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 ...

'' Goldblatt & C. J. Manning * ''

Moraea villosa ''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 E ...

'' * ''

Moraea viscaria ''Moraea viscaria'' is the type species of the genus of ''Moraea'' in the family Iridaceae that is named after the sticky secretion on the stem and branches. It is a cormous geophyte 20 – 45 cm in height with white flowers. The outer tepa ...

'' (L.f.) Ker * ''

Moraea virgata ''Moraea virgata'' is a plant species in the family Iridaceae. References virgata Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin {{Iridaceae-stub ...

'' Jacquin * '' Moraea vuvuzela'' Goldblatt & J.C. Manning * '' Moraea worcesterensis'' Goldblatt

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q135788 Iridaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Philip Miller