# Moraea

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 botanist Robert More.

## Description

Moraeas have iris-like flowers. The corms of some species have been used as food, however they are usually small and some species have an unpleasant taste, and some are poisonous.

## Taxonomy

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