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The genus Moraea is in the family Iridaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Moraea

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Moraea afro-orientalis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea albicuspa Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea albiflora (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea algoensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea alpina Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea alticola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea amissa Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea angolensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea angulata Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea angusta (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea anomala G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea ardesiaca Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea aristata (D.Delaroche) Asch. & Graebn.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea aspera Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea atropunctata Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea australis (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea autumnalis (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea balundana Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea barkerae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea barnardiella Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea barnardii L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea bella Harms	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea bellendenii (Sweet) N.E.Br.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea bifida (L.Bolus) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea bipartita L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea bituminosa (L.f.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea bolusii Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea bovonei Chiov.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea brachygyne (Schltr.) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea brevifolia Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea brevistyla (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea brevituba (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea britteniae (L.Bolus) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea bubalina Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea bulbillifera (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea caeca Barnard ex Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea calcicola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea callista Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea cantharophila Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea carnea Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea carsonii Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea cedarmontana (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea cedarmonticola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea ciliata (L.f.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea citrina (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea clavata R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea coerulea Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea collina Thunb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea comptonii (L.Bolus) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea contorta Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea cookii (L.Bolus) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea cooperi Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea crispa Thunb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea crispa Ker	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Moraea debilis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea deltoidea Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea demissa Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea deserticola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea dracomontana Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea elegans Jacq.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea elliotii Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea elsiae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea exiliflora Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea exilis N.E. Br.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Moraea falcifolia Klatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea fenestralis (Goldblatt & E.G.H.Oliv.) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea fenestrata (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea fergusoniae L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea fistulosa (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea flaccida (Sweet) Steud.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea flavescens (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea flexicaulis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea fragrans Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea fugacissima (L.f.) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea fugax (D.Delaroche) Jacq.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	1
Moraea fuscomontana (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea galaxia (L.f.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea galpinii (Baker) N.E.Br.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea garipensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea gawleri Spreng.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea gigandra L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea gracilenta Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea graminicola Oberm.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea graniticola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea herrei (L.Bolus) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea hesperantha (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea hexaglottis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea hiemalis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea huttonii (Baker) Oberm.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea inclinata Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea inconspicua Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea incurva G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea indecora Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea insolens Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea intermedia Goldblatt & J.C. Manning	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Moraea inyangani Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea iringensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea kamiesensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea kamiesmontana (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea karroica Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea knersvlaktensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea lewisiae (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea lilacina Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea linderi Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea longiaristata Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea longiflora Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea longifolia (Jacq.) Pers.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea longipes Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea longistyla (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea loubseri Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea louisabolusiae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea lucida Ker.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Moraea lugubris (Salisb.) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea lurida Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea luteoalba (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea macgregorii Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea macrantha Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea macrocarpa Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea macronyx G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea maculata Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea margaretae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea marginata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea marionae N.E.Br.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea marlothii (L.Bolus) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea maximiliani (Schltr.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea mediterranea Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea melanops Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea miniata Andrews	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea miniata N. Andr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Moraea minima Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea minor Eckl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea modesta Killick	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea moggii N.E.Br.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea monticola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea muddii N.E.Br.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea multiflora Eckl.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea namaquamontana Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea namaquana (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea namibensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea nana (L.Bolus) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea natalensis Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea neglecta G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea nubigena Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea ochroleuca (Salisb.) Drapiez	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea ocisapunga Ruiz ex Diels	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Moraea pallida (Baker) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea papilionacea (L.f.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea patens (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea pearsonii Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea pendula (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea pilifolia Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea plicata Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea polyanthos L.f.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea polystachya (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea pritzeliana Diels	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea pseudospicata Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea pubiflora N.E.Br.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea pyrophila Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea radians (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea ramosissima (L.f.) Druce	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea reflexa Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea regalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea repens Schrank	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea reticulata Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea rigidifolia Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea riparia (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea rivulicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea robusta (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea saxicola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea schaijesiorum Geerinck	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea schimperi (Hochst.) Pic.Serm.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea schlechteri (L.Bolus) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea serpentina Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea serratostyla (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea setifolia (L.f.) Druce	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea simplex Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea simulans Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea sisyrinchium (L.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea spathulata (L.f.) Klatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea speciosa (L.Bolus) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea stagnalis (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea stricta Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea tanquana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea tanzanica Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea textilis (Welw. ex Baker) Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea thomasiae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea thomsonii Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea tortilis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea tricolor Andrews	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea tricuspidata (L.f.) G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea trifida R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea tripetala (L.f.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea tulbaghensis L.Bolus	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea umbellata Thunb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea unguiculata Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea unibracteata Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea unifoliata R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea upembana Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea vallisavium Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea vallisbelli (Goldblatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea variabilis (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea vegeta L.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea venenata Dinter	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea ventricosa Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	1
Moraea verdickii De Wild.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea verecunda Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea versicolor (Salisb. ex Klatt) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea vespertina Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea vigilans Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea villosa (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea virgata Jacq.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea viscaria (L.f.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea vlokii Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea vuvuzela Goldblatt & J.C. Manning	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Moraea worcesterensis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Moraea zeyheri Lehm.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 586 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Moraea. Of these 204 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 72 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Moraea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 586 species names for the genus Moraea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	204	34.8%
◕	Synonym	370	63.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	2.0%

All names

The status of the 658 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Moraea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	206	31.3%
◕	Synonym	440	66.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	1.8%

Of the species names,

• 28 are recorded as invalid
• 30 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 2 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 586 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Moraea, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	203	364	0	0	567	96.8%
	Medium confidence	1	5	0	0	6	1.0%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	12	13	2.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Moraea is as follows: