Moraea aristata

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Iridoideae
Tribus: Irideae
Genus: Moraea
Species: Moraea aristata

Moraea aristata (D.Delaroche) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 518 (1906)

Basionym
- Vieusseuxia aristata D.Delaroche, Descr. Pl. Aliq. Nov.: 33 (1766)
Heterotypic
- Iris pavonia Curtis, Bot. Mag. 5: t. 168 (1791),nom. illeg.
- Ferraria ocellaris Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 41 (1796)
- Iris tricuspis Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 231 (1797), nom. illeg.
- Vieusseuxia glaucopis DC., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 2: 141 (1803)
- Ferraria tricuspis Willd., Enum. Pl.: 691 (1809)
- Iris imberbis Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 31: t. 1238 (1809)
- Moraea tricuspis var. ocellata D.Don in R.Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 6: t. 249 (1834)
- Moraea glaucopis (DC.) Drapiez, Encyclogr. Règne Vég. 4: s.p. (1836)
- Moraea candida Baker, Handb. Irid.: 59 (1892)

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Cape Provinces. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Moraea aristata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 January 4. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Moraea aristata. Published online. Accessed: 4 January 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Moraea aristata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 January 2019.

Afrikaans: Blouooguintjie
English: Peacock moraea

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