Iridaceae is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises, meaning rainbow, referring to its many colours. There are 66 accepted genera with a total of c. 2244 species worldwide. It includes a number of other well known cultivated plants, such as freesias, gladioli and crocuses.
Dietes is a genus of rhizomatous plants of the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1866. Common names include wood iris, fortnight lily, African iris, Japanese iris and butterfly iris, each of which may be used differently in different regions for one or more of the six species within the genus.
Diplarrena is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The two species are endemic to Australia. The name is from Greek diploos ("double") and arren ("male"); plants in the genus have only two functional stamens, while all other Iridaceae have three. The name is often misspelled Diplarrhena, an error that began with George Bentham's Flora Australiensis in 1873.
Dietes iridioides, commonly named African iris, fortnight lily, and morea iris, is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae that is native to Southern Africa.
Moraea, the Cape tulips, is a genus of plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1758. The group is widespread across Africa, the Mediterranean, and central and southwestern Asia. The genus name is a tribute to the English botanist Robert More.
Moraea bituminosa is a species of the genus Moraea in family Iridaceae.
Miriam Phoebe de Vos was a leading South African botanist and academic. She was an expert on bulbous plants, especially Romulea. She was also had a special interest in Moraea and Clivia.
Moraea vuvuzela is a plant named after the noisy trumpet, vuvuzela. Moraea is a genus of plants in the family Iridaceae.
Moraea collina is a species of the genus Moraea, in the family Iridaceae. It was formerly known as Homeria collina.
Moraea aristata is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is referred to by the common names blue-eyed uintjie or Blouooguintjie in Afrikaans and is a critically endangered species of plant in the genus Moraea, that is endemic to the city of Cape Town and is now restricted to the grounds of the Observatory in the Cape Town suburb of Observatory.
Moraea gawleri is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae. It is found in North Cape, South Africa.
Moraea macronyx is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae. It is found in Western Cape, South Africa.
Moraea tricolor is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae. It is found in Western Cape, South Africa.
Moraea gigandra is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae. It is found in South Africa.
Moraea fugacissima is a plant species in the family Iridaceae.
Moraea spathulata is a plant species in the family Iridaceae.
Peter Goldblatt is a South African botanist, working principally in the United States.
Moraea polystachya is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae native to southern Africa.
Mount Yao is a mountain in northern Mozambique. It is located in Niassa Province, in Niassa National Reserve. The mountain is named for the Yao people who live in the area around the mountain.
