Plant Names

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

MORAEA
Moraea(Le) Uintjie
Family: IRIDACEAE

Named after Dr Johan Moraeus,** and not Robert More, squire of Shrewsbury in the 18th century.
(Ch)

Moraea pyrophila (G)
Yellow Tulip(Vo) Geeltulp
Location: (F, K)

pyr, = fire; philios, = loving, friendly, kind. (the plant’s germination is triggered off by fire)
(LS, K3)

The 2634 species, 644 genera and 178 families of plants have been compiled from the lists of the plants:

of the Hermanus Botanical Society compiled by Lee Burman, for the plants in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, and the Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, Hermanus. Location: (F).
of Mark Johns, Director of the Kogelberg Reserve, and of COASTEC, environmental consultants, for the plants in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Betty’s Bay, in the WesternCape Province, South Africa. Location: (K).
of Christopher Whitehouse, for the plants in the Phillipskop Mountain Reserve, Stanford, in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Location: (P).

Suggestions for improvements to the lists and comments would be welcomed.