Published In:
Bothalia 43: 40. 2013. ( Bothalia)
(Last Modified On 6/23/2016)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 6/23/2016)
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Description:
Plants simple or few–several-branched; corm tunics of wiry, black fibres. Foliage leaves few to solitary. Flowers fugaceous or long-lived, yellow, beige or pink to orange, sometimes with dark markings; outer and inner tepals mostly subequal, both whorls usually with nectar guides, claws as long as limbs or much shorter; Filaments united entirely or free near apices (free in M. radians); style branches reduced with crests vestigial or absent. Capsules ovoid-ellipsoid to cylindric, included or exserted. Basic chromosome number x = 6.
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1
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Foliage leaves 2 or more, uppermost leaves green and usually free distally or sometimes entirely sheathing
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(2)
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Foliage leaf solitary, other leaves entirely sheathing and bract-like, ± attenuate with dry tips
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(12)
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2 (1)
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Flowers with distinct style crests 2–3 mm long, clearly extending beyond the stigma lobes, and either erect or incurved
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(3)
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Flowers without distinct style crests (and style branches often not markedly flattened):
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(7)
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3 (2)
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Anthers 2–5 mm long; tepal claws obsolete or 2-5 mm long
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(4)
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Anthers 6–10 mm long; tepal claws erect, forming a cup enclosing at least lower half of filaments or stamens entirely within cup
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(6)
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4 (3)
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Tepal claws 7–10 mm long; anthers ± 5 mm long
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Moraea flexicaulis
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Tepal claws obsolete or up to 2 mm long; anthers 2–3 mm long
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(5)
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5 (4)
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Tepals spreading from the base; outer rhipidial spathe entirely sheathing
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Moraea schlechteri
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Tepal claws ± 2 mm long, appressed to filament column with limbs outspread; outer inflorescence spathe free in upper part and arching outward
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Moraea knersvlaktensis
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6 (3)
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Style and stamens entirely included in floral cup; plants 700–1000 mm tall
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Moraea cedarmonticola
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lower 2/3 of filament column included in floral cup; plants to mostly 200–250 mm tall
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Moraea serratostyla
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7 (2)
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Filament column ± cylindric; anthers erect or divergent
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(8)
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Filament column with a bulbous base; anthers ± erect and contiguous, usually concealing style branches
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(10)
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8 (7)
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Plants 350–750 mm tall; tepals 30–40 mm long; anthers 4.5–8.0 mm long, diverging from base
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Moraea ochroleuca
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Plants to 300 mm tall; tepals 15–24 mm long; anthers 2.0–3.5 mm long, erect or barely diverging
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(9)
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9 (8)
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Ovary ± 4 mm long; filament column 6 mm long
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Moraea fenestralis
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10–12 mm long; filament column 7–9 mm
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Moraea karroica
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10 (7)
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Tepals reflexed at maturity; flowers nodding to pendent
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Moraea pendula
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Tepals spreading or slightly cupped; flowers upright
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(11)
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11 (10)
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Stem minutely scabrid; leaves 2–4 mm wide, laxly coiled in loose spiral in upper half
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Moraea aspera
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smooth; leaves 5–10 mm wide, ± straight
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Moraea miniata
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12 (1)
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Filaments free, diverging; style branches sessile
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Moraea radians
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Filaments united entirely or free and diverging in distal 1–2 mm; style present, dividing shortly above apex of filament column or opposite base to middle of anthers
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(13)
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13 (12)
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Foliage leaf ± basal, often sheathing lower half of stem; stem ± straight, not flexed outward above leaf sheath
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(14)
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Foliage leaf inserted some distance above ground, never sheathing stem for significant distance; stem flexed outward above sheath of foliage leaf
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(26)
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14 (13)
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Tepal claws ± 1/3 to 1/2 as long as limbs, forming a narrow or wide cup; filaments and sometimes lower part or all of anthers included in cup
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(15)
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Tepal claws < 1/3 as long as limbs, ascending to suberect, including or clasping base of filament column
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(19)
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15 (14)
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Floral cup relatively narrow; enclosing filaments
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(16)
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Floral cup wide and basin-like, not enclosing filaments
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(18)
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16 (15)
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Ovary 15–24 mm long; capsules mostly 25–40 mm long
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Moraea britteniae
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Ovary 8–12 mm long; capsules < 20 mm long
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(17)
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17 (16)
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Stem usually bearing cormlets at aerial nodes; flowering August to November; capsules 17-20 mm long, usually at least partly included in spathes
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Moraea bulbifera
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Stem never bearing cormlets at aerial nodes; flowering April to June; capsules 8–15 mm long, well exserted from spathes
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Moraea autumnalis
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18 (15)
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Tepals pandurate-spathulate, widest in the upper 1/3; filaments 7–8 mm long; anthers 8–13 mm usually not reaching the top of the style branches; ovary 18 mm long
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Moraea comptonii
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Tepals oblong-lanceolate, widest in middle or lower 1/3; filaments 5–6 mm long; anthers 8–10 mm, usually exceeding the style branches; ovary 12–14 mm
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Moraea elegans
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19 (14)
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Anthers not or barely exceeding style branches; outer tepals 30–43 mm long
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Moraea cookii
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Anthers exceeding style branches, these reaching to about middle of anthers; outer tepals 18–34
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(20)
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20 (19)
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Flowers nodding to pendent; tepal limbs fully reflexed
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Moraea reflexa
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Flowers upright; tepals spreading to slightly reflexed
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(21)
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21 (20)
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Leaves relatively broad, (5–)7–15 mm wide, and clasping lower part of stem
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(22)
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Leaves narrow, 2–4 mm wide, clasping lower part of stem or not
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(24)
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22 (21)
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Style crests present ± 2 mm long
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(23)
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Style crests lacking
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(24)
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23 (22)
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Tepals, mostly 18–25 × 5–10 mm; leaves 5–15 mm wide
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Moraea pallida
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Tepals oblong-obovate, mostly 27–34 × 11–17 mm; leaves 15–35 mm wide
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Moraea marlothii
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24 (21)
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Flowers usually pink; tepal claws ± 2 mm long and clasping bulbous base of filament column
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Moraea bifida
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Flower pale yellow; tepal claws ± 8 mm long and diverging not clasping hardly swollen base of filament column
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Moraea fragrans
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25
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Plants 350–450 mm tall; tepals 25–27 mm long; style crests ±1.5 mm long
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Moraea doleritica
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Plants 150–300 mm tall; tepals 18–24 mm long; style crests absent
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Moraea karroica
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26 (13)
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Tepal claws 1/2 to 2/3 as long as limbs, forming a narrow or wide cup; filaments and sometimes all or part of anthers included in cup
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(27)
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Tepal claws < 1/3 as long as limbs, often < 1/4 as long; filaments partly exserted from cup, or prominently displayed
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(35)
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27 (26)
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Tepals claws 9–15 mm long ± erect; claws forming a narrow tubular cup including the filaments and anthers
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(28)
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Tepal claws widely diverging; claws forming a wide basin-like cup including filaments
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(31)
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28 (27)
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Style dividing at or above apex of filament column, always below middle of anthers; style branches erect or diverging; tepal claws 9–15 mm long forming a narrow tubular cup including the filaments and anthers
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(29)
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Style dividing at or above middle of anthers, sometimes barely divided; style branches erect
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(30)
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29 (28)
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Filament column 4-5 mm long; leaf fairly short, seldom over 200 mm long, usually straight, the apex swollen and acute
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Moraea pyrophila
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Filament column 6–7 mm long; leaf long, bent and trailing, seldom < 250 mm long, apex often dry at flowering
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Moraea collina
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30 (28)
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Ovary usually partly or entirely enclosed in the spathes and capsules often enclosed; style branches well developed, 2–3 mm long barely or not reaching apex of anthers
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Moraea minor
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Ovary usually exserted from the spathes, the capsules exserted; style branches very short, 1–2 mm long or not developed
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Moraea longistyla
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31 (27)
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Outer tepals 28–33 mm long, with claws 13–16 mm long; anthers 5–11 mm long
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(32)
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Outer tepals 16–26 mm long, with claws 5–10 mm; anthers 3–4 mm long
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(33)
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32 (31)
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Ovary 17–20 mm long; capsules 25–55 mm long
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Moraea flaccida
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Ovary 13–16 mm long; capsules 20–40 mm long
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Moraea ochroleuca
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33 (31)
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Tepals 16–24 mm long with claws 5–6 mm long
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Moraea flavescens
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Tepals 25–27 mm long with claws 9–10 mm long
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(34)
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34 (33)
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Style branches diverging, 3–4 mm long, with acute crests ± 1 mm long; anthers shortly exceeding style branches
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Moraea patens
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Style branches suberect (to slightly diverging) ± 2.5 mm long, without crests; anthers not reaching tips of style branches
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Moraea vallisbelli
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35 (26)
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Outer tepals 10–12 mm long; anthers ± 2 mm long
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Moraea demissa
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Outer tepals 20–28 mm long; anthers ± 3–5 mm long
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(36)
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36 (35)
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Style branches with short, acute crests ± 1 mm long; anthers diverging 3–5 mm long
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(37)
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Style branches lacking crests, hidden by coherent anthers ± 3 mm long
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(38)
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37 (36)
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Tepals 20–25 mm long; filaments ± 5 mm long, free in upper 1 mm; flowers pale ivory-yellow
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Moraea eburnea
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Tepals 25–28 mm; filaments completely united in column 5–6 mm long; flowers bright yellow
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Moraea louisabolusiae
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38 (36)
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Tepals pale yellow with green markings at bases of tepals limbs; filament column ± 6 mm long, minutely pubescent in lower half
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Moraea fuscomontana
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Tepals pink salmon with pink to red makings at bases of limbs; filament column 6–8 mm long, prominently long-papillate in lower 2/3
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Moraea brachygyne
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Specimens whose coordinates are enclosed in square brackets [ ] have been mapped to a standard reference mark based on political
units.
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Africa & Madagascar
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South Africa
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[28°34'22"S 023°49'34"E],
11 November 1986,
Elsie E. Esterhuysen 36411
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South Africa
Western Cape:
28 July 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3683
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
12 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3823
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
13 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3849
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
13 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3850
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
13 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3856
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
16 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3886
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
16 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3887
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
16 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3891
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
16 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3893
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
16 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3894
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
16 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3907
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
17 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3917
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
17 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3918
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
24 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3928
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
24 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3929
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
24 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3930
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
24 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3931
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
24 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3932
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
25 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3942
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
25 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3949
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
25 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3950
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
25 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3952
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
26 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3959
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
26 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3968
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
27 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3981
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
27 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3984
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
28 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3988
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
31 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3990
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
31 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3997
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
31 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3998
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
31 August 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 3999
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
01 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4012
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
01 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4020
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
01 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4022
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
04 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4032
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
06 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4053
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
10 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4085A
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
13 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4098
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
16 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4099
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
19 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4124
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
21 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4127
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
21 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4130
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
21 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4137
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
21 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4151
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
22 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4157
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
22 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4168
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
23 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4181
(MO)
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South Africa
North West:
24 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4188
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
24 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4203A
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
25 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4209
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
27 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4210
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
30 September 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4263
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
01 October 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4284
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
01 October 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4285
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
4300 ft,
02 October 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4289
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
27 October 1976,
Peter Goldblatt 4413
(MO)
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South Africa
Cape:
Peter Goldblatt 4680
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
24 August 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4701
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
24 August 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4702
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
24 August 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4708
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
25 August 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4733
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
25 August 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4735
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
25 August 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4736
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
28 August 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4743
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
29 August 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4757
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
29 August 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4760
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
04 September 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4805
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
05 September 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4817
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
08 September 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4830
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
12 September 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4845
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
13 September 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4856
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
3500 ft,
14 September 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4879
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
17 September 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4883
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
17 September 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4884
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
18 September 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4919
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
18 September 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4920
(MO)
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South Africa
Eastern Cape:
18 September 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4921
(MO)
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South Africa
Eastern Cape:
18 September 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4927
(MO)
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South Africa
Eastern Cape:
19 Sep 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4947
(MO)
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South Africa
Eastern Cape:
19 Sep 1978,
Peter Goldblatt 4948
(MO)
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South Africa
Western Cape:
16 November 1979,
Peter Goldblatt 5159
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
17 September 1980,
Peter Goldblatt 5834
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
18 September 1980,
Peter Goldblatt 5840
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
21 September 1981,
Peter Goldblatt 6302
(MO)
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South Africa
Northern Cape:
3556 ft,
31°37'28"S 019°30'53"E,
23 September 2009,
Peter Goldblatt, John C. Manning & Lendon J. Porter 13419A
(MO)
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