Moraea aristata (D.Delaroche) Asch. & Graebn. (1906:518)
Blouooguintjie, Blue-eyed uintjie, Blue-eye Moraea, Peacock iris
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Vieusseuxia aristata D.Delaroche in Descr. Pl. Aliq. Nov.: 33 (1766); Iris pavonia Curtis in Bot. Mag. 5: t. 168 (1791), nom. illeg.; Iris tricuspis Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 231 (1797), nom. illeg.; Ferraria ocellaris Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 41 (1796); Vieusseuxia glaucopis DC. in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 2: 141 (1803); Moraea glaucopis (DC.) Drapiez in Encyclogr. Règne Vég. 4: [s.p.] (1836); Ferraria tricuspis Willd. in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 691 (1809); Iris imberbis Ker Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 31: t. 1238 (1809); Moraea tricuspis var. ocellata D.Don in R.Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 6: t. 249 (1834); Moraea candida Baker in Handb. Irid.: 59 (1892)
Conservation Status
Extinct in the Wild (Raimondo et al., 2013:164)
Distribution & Habitat
South Africa
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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