Moraea tanzanica Goldblatt

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Moraea

Characteristics

Plants 20-35 cm. high.. Corm 1.5-2 cm. in diameter, tunics of pale medium-textured fibres.. Cataphylls pale straw-coloured, irregularly broken, often fibrous above.. Foliage leaf solitary, 15-20 cm. long, usually ± 2/3 as long as the stem, occasionally ± as long, channelled, 3-6 mm. wide.. Stem unbranched, bearing 2 sheathing leaves 7-10 mm. long, these usually overlapping.. Rhipidial spathes green, dry and brown apically, the inner 8.5-12 cm. long, the outer ± 2/3 as long as the inner.. Flowers pale yellow with deeper yellow nectar guides on the outer tepals.. Outer tepals lanceolate, 5.5-7 cm. long, the limb slightly exceeding the claw; inner tepals erect, lanceolate, 3.5-4.8 cm. long.. Filaments 1.2-1.5 cm. long, free in the upper half; anthers ± 1 cm. long.. Ovary 1.7-2.5 cm. long, usually exserted; style-branches 1.7-2 cm. long, crests ± 1.3 cm. long.. Capsules ovoid-oblong, 2.5-3 cm. long.. Fig. 3/3.
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Flowers pale-yellow with deeper yellow nectar guides on the outer tepals; outer tepals 45–55 mm long, lanceolate, the limb slightly exceeding the claw; inner tepals 33–45 mm long, lanceolate, erect.
Foliage leaf solitary, 15–20 cm long, shorter or slightly longer than the stem, 3–6 mm wide, linear, channelled; sheathing leaves 2, green, 5–8 cm long.
Rhipidium single, terminal; spathes green with dry brown apices, the inner 10–12 cm long, the outer c. three quarters as long as the inner.
Ovary 17–22 mm long, usually exserted; style branches 17–20 mm long, crests c. 13 mm long.
Filaments 12–15 mm long, free in the upper half, anthers c. 10 mm long.
Corms c. 15 mm in diameter; tunics of pale medium-textured fibres.
Cataphylls pale straw-coloured, irregularly broken.
Capsules 2.5–3 cm long, narrowly ovoid-oblong.
Plants 20–35 cm high.
Stem erect, simple.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.35
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Images

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Distribution

Moraea tanzanica world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:440288-1
WFO ID wfo-0000784792
COL ID 44CC2
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Synonyms

Moraea tanzanica