Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Moraea Mill., Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 2, 159, t. 238 (1758)
Synonymy:
- = Vieusseuxia D.Delaroche, Descr. Pl. Aliq. Nov. 31 (1766)
- = Galaxia Thunb., Nov. Gen. Pl. [Thunberg] 50 (1782)
- = Hexaglottis Vent. (1808)
- = Homeria Vent. (1809)
- = Gynandriris Parl., Nuovi Gen. Sp. 49 (1854)
- = Barnardiella Goldblatt (1977)
Description
Corm globose; tunic of coarse woody fibres. Basal leaves 1–3, bifacial. Inflorescence simple to corymbose. Flowers funnel-shaped, fugacious, pedicelled, 2–4 opening successively within terminal paired spathe-valves; tube short or 0; lobes subequal, spreading. Stamens with filaments united in a tube round style. Style-branches short, broadly cuneate, truncate, or shortly bifid occasionally with 2 very small incurved crests. Spp. 37, all of S.Africa. Adventive sp. 1.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3 as Homeria Vent.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 2 |
| Exotic: Casual | 2 |
| Total | 4 |
Bibliography
Delaroche, D. 1766: Specimen Botanicum Inaugurale, sistens Descriptiones Plantarum Aliquot Novarum. Verbeek, Leiden.
Goldblatt, P. 1981: Systematics and biology of Homeria (Iridaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 68: 413–503. [as Homeria Vent.]
Goldblatt, P. 1998: Reduction of Barnardiella, Galaxia, Gynandriris, Hexaglottis, Homeria, and Roggeveldia in Moraea (Iridaceae: Irideae). Novon 8(4): 371–377.
Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. 1994: Bulbs for New Zealand Gardens. Godwit Press, Auckland.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Miller, P. 1758–1760: Figures of Plants in the Gardeners Dictionary. Vol. 2.
Parlatore, F. 1854: Nuovi Generi e Nuove Specie di Piante Monocotiledoni.
Thunberg, C.P. 1781–1801: Nova Genera Plantarum. Uppsala.
