Genus: Moraea
[= Homeria]
Life
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> Family: Iridaceae
About 200 species, found throughout
sub-Saharan Africa and with two species also occurring in the Mediterranean region
and the Middle East. A total of 184 species are native to southern Africa, with a
concentration of species in the Western Cape.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of southern Africa (POSA)
- an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Some species are pollinated by long-tongued flies, others
by monkey beetles or carrion flies (Goldblatt & Manning 2000).
Publications
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Goldblatt, P. 1986. The moraeas of southern
Africa. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens 14.
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Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. 1995. New
species of southern African Moraea (Iridaceae: Iridoideae), and the
reduction of Rheome. Novon 5: 262-269.
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Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. 2000.
Iridaceae. In: In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 623-638.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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