Moraea villosa

Moraea villosa

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 villosa
Subspecies: M. v. subsp. elandsmontana – M. v. subsp. villosa

Name

Moraea villosa (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl., 1804

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Iris villosa Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 16: t. 571 (1802).
• Heterotypic
  • Vieusseuxia villosa (Ker Gawl.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 166 (1824).
  • Moraea pavonia var. villosa (Ker Gawl.) Baker, Handb. Irid.: 59 (1892).

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Ker Gawler, J.B., 1804. Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1:240.

Additional references

• 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. PDF (97 MB) Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Moraea villosa 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 villosa. 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 villosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Feb 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Moraea villosa. Published online. Accessed: Feb 23 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Moraea villosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Peacock moraea

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