Moraea amissa Goldblatt (1977 "1976":774)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last (and only) record: 1959 (Raimondo et al., 2016)
Rediscovered in: 1981 (Raimondo et al., 2016)
Distribution & Habitat
Malmesbury, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Goldblatt, P. (1976). The genus Moraea in the winter rainfall region of southern Africa. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 63(4): 657-786.
Other references:
Germishuizen, G. and Meyer, N. L. (eds.). (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Goldblatt, P. (1986). The Moraeas of Southern Africa: a systematic monograph of the genus in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Transkei, Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens 14:1-224. National Botanic Gardens in association with the Missouri Botanical Garden, USA, Cape Town.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J. C. (2000). Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J. C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, Craig. (1996). Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 28 July 2025]
Raimondo, D., Ebrahim, I., von Witt, C. and van der Colff, D. (2016). Moraea amissa Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/06/07.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J. E., Helme, N. A., Turner, R. C., Kamundi, D. A. and Manyama, P. A. (2009). Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.