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Uintjies
Vieusseuxia
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.
40 branches of this group, most-observed first

Blue Uintjie
speciesMoraea tripetala

Matrix Uintjie
speciesMoraea bellendenii

Reed Uintjie
speciesMoraea tricuspidata

white uintjie
speciesMoraea unguiculata

Stink Uintjie
speciesMoraea lurida

Moraea mutila
speciesMoraea mutila

Moraea amabilis
speciesMoraea amabilis

Ruens Uintjie
speciesMoraea fergusoniae

Shortstyle Uintjie
speciesMoraea brevistyla

Algoa Clockflower
speciesMoraea algoensis

Grand Tulp
speciesMoraea grandis

Moraea ogamana
speciesMoraea ogamana

Cream Uintjie
speciesMoraea cantharophila

Shy Uintjie
speciesMoraea modesta

Whitetip Uintjie
speciesMoraea albicuspa

Trifid Uintjie
speciesMoraea trifida

Moraea pubiflora
speciesMoraea pubiflora

Regal Uintjie
speciesMoraea regalis

Moraea deltoidea
speciesMoraea deltoidea

Moraea cuspidata
speciesMoraea cuspidata

Werf Uintjie
speciesMoraea barnardii

Resurrection Tulp
speciesMoraea anastasia

Fire Tulp
speciesMoraea barkerae

Moraea vigilans
speciesMoraea vigilans

Moraea debilis
speciesMoraea debilis

Moraea incurva
speciesMoraea incurva

Worcester Uintjie
speciesMoraea worcesterensis

Moraea longiaristata
speciesMoraea longiaristata

Moraea marionae
speciesMoraea marionae

Moraea hainebachiana
speciesMoraea hainebachiana

Moraea lilacina
speciesMoraea lilacina

Drakensberg Uintjie
speciesMoraea dracomontana

Klippies Tulp
speciesMoraea petricola

Orange Uintjie
speciesMoraea insolens

Moraea rivulicola
speciesMoraea rivulicola

Moraea decipiens
speciesMoraea decipiens

Moraea deltoidea × lurida
hybridMoraea deltoidea × lurida

Moraea helmei
speciesMoraea helmei
Moraea helicoidea
speciesMoraea helicoidea
Moraea atromontana
speciesMoraea atromontana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 733397.