Moraea unguiculata

Taxonavigation

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 unguiculata

Moraea unguiculata Ker Gawl., 1802

Heterotypic
- Iris tricuspis var. minor Jacq., Icon. Pl. Rar. 2(9): t. 222 (1792).
- Moraea tenuis Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 26: t. 1047 (1807).
- Iris gracilis Licht. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 1: 477 (1817), nom. illeg.
- Vieusseuxia tenuis (Ker Gawl.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 1: 491 (1817).
- Vieusseuxia gracilis Eckl., Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon: 12 (1827), nom. nud.
- Moraea gracilis A.Dietr., Sp. Pl. ed. 6, 2: 478 (1833).
- Moraea violacea L.Bolus, S. African Gard. 18: 116 (1928), nom. illeg.
- Moraea ceresiana G.J.Lewis, J. S. African Bot. 7: 57 (1941).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: 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. 2022. Moraea unguiculata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 23. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Moraea unguiculata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 23. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Moraea unguiculata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Feb 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Moraea unguiculata. Published online. Accessed: Feb 23 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Moraea unguiculata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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