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

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae excl ...

s 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 of c. 2244 species worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016). It inclu ...

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

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, the

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, and central and southwestern

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. The genus name is a tribute to the English botanist Robert More. 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'' G. J. Lewis, Goldblatt * '' Moraea algoensis'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea amissa'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea angulata'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea angusta'' Thunberg, Ker Gawler * '' Moraea anomala'' J. G. Lewis * '' Moraea aristata'' (D. Delaroche) Ascherson & Graebner * '' Moraea aspera'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea atropunctata'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea australis'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea autumnalis'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea barkerae'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea barnardiella'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea barnardii'' L. Bolus * '' Moraea bellendenii'' (Sweet) Brown * '' Moraea bifida'' (L. Bolus) Goldblatt * '' Moraea bipartita'' L. Bolus * '' Moraea bituminosa'' (L.f.) Ker Glawer * '' Moraea brachygne'' (Schlechter) Goldblatt * '' Moraea britteniae'' (L. Bolus) Goldblatt * '' Moraea bubalina'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea bulbillifera'' (G. J. Lewis) Goldblatt * '' Moraea cacea'' Barnard ex Goldblatt * '' Moraea calcicola'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea cantharophila'' Goldblatt & C.J. Manning * '' Moraea cedarmontna'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea cedermonticola'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea ciliata'' (L.f.) Ker Gawler * '' Moraea citrina'' (G. J. Lewis) Goldblatt * ''

Moraea collina ''Moraea collina'' is a species of the genus '' Moraea'', in the family Iridaceae. It was formerly known as ''Homeria collina''. Distribution The plant is endemic to the Western Cape, from Baines Kloof to Caledon. It is common on lower slope ...

'' Thunberg * '' Moraea comptonii'' (L. Bolus) Goldblatt * '' Moraea contorta'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea cookii'' (L. Bolus) Goldblatt * '' Moraea cooperi'' Baker * '' Moraea crispa'' Thunberg * '' Moraea debilis'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea autumnalis'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea deltoidea'' Goldblatt & C. J. Manning * '' Moraea demissa'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea elegans'' Jacquin * '' Moraea elliotii'' Baker * '' Moraea elsiae'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea exiliflora'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea falcifolia'' Klatt * '' Moraea fenestrata'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea fergusoniae'' L. Bolus * '' Moraea filicaulis'' Baker, 1896 * '' Moraea fistulosa'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea flaccida'' Sweet * '' Moraea flaviscens'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea fragrans'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea fistulosa'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea fugacissima'' (L.f.) Goldblatt * '' Moraea fugax'' (D.Delaroche) Jacquin * '' Moraea fuscomontana'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea galaxia'' (L.f.) Goldblatt & Manning * '' Moraea garipensis'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea gawleri'' Sprengel * '' Moraea gigandra'' 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'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea longiaristata'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea longifolia'' (Jacquin) Persoon * '' Moraea longistyla'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea loubseri'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea louisabolusiae'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea lugubris'' (Salsbury) Goldblatt * '' Moraea lurida'' Ler Gawler * '' Moraea luteoalba'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea macgregorii'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea macrocarpa'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea macronyx'' G. J. Lewis * '' Moraea marlothii'' (L Bolus) Goldblatt * '' Moraea maximiliani'' (Schlechter) Goldblatt & J. C. Manning * '' Moraea melanops'' Goldblatt & J. C. Manning * '' Moraea miniata'' Andrews * '' Moraea minima'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea minor'' Ecklon * '' Moraea monticola'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea nana'' (L. Bolus) Goldblatt & J. C. Manning * '' Moraea neglecta'' G. J. Lewis * '' Moraea nibigena'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea ochroleuca'' (Salsbury) Drapiez * '' Moraea papilionacea'' (L.f.) Ker Gawler * '' Moraea patens'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea pilifolia'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea polyanthos'' L.f. * '' Moraea polystachya'' (Thunberg) Ker Gawler * '' Moraea pritzeliana'' Diels * '' Moraea pseudospicata'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea pyrophila'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea radians'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea ramosissima'' (L.f.) Druce * '' Moraea reflexa'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea regalis'' Goldblatt & J. C. Manning * '' Moraea riparia'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea serpentina'' Baker * '' Moraea setifolia'' (L.f.) Druce * '' Moraea spathulata'' (L.f.) Klatt * '' Moraea speciosa'' (L. Bolus) Goldblatt * '' Moraea stagnalis'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea sisyrinchium'' (L.) Ker Gawler (Europe) * '' Moraea thomasiae'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea tricolor'' Andrews * '' Moraea tricuspidata'' (L.f.) G. J. Lewis * '' Moraea tripetala'' (L.f.) Ker Gawler * '' Moraea tulbaghensis'' L. Bolus * '' Moraea umbellata'' ThunbergFile: * '' Moraea unguiculata'' Ker Gawler * '' Moraea vallisavium'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea vallisbelli'' (Goldblatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea variabilis'' (G. J. Lewis) Goldblatt * '' Moraea vegeta'' (L.) * '' Moraea verecunda'' Goldblatt * '' Moraea versicolor'' (Salsbury ex Klatt) Goldblatt * '' Moraea vespertina'' Goldblatt & C. J. Manning * '' Moraea villosa'' * '' Moraea viscaria'' (L.f.) Ker * '' Moraea virgata'' 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