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

Statistics

The Plant List includes 380 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Moraea. Of these 201 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 39 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 380 species names for the genus Moraea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	201	52.9%
◕	Synonym	167	43.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	3.2%

All names

The status of the 419 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Moraea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	204	48.7%
◕	Synonym	203	48.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	2.9%

Of these names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 26 are recorded as illegitimate

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

The confidence with which the status of the 380 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Moraea, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	200	164	0	0	364	95.8%
	Medium confidence	1	2	0	0	3	0.8%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	12	13	3.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Moraea, are as follows: