Notes

The epithet vuvuzela derives from the air horn, approximately one metre in length, that is commonly blown by fans at soccer matches in South Africa, and commemorates the country’s hosting of the first Soccer World Cup on the African continent in June 2010. The colourful, flared flowers and their massed, synchronous anthesis are appropriate associations with the name. Moraea vuvuzela is severely threatened by agriculture, and this dedication is linked to a conservation programme initiated by the non-profit association BIOPAT-Patrons for Biodiversity (www.biopat.de), and sponsored by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarnbeit (GTZ), the German Technical Development Cooperation Agency, which supported the South African Government in the preparations of the FIFA World Cup 2010 on behalf of the German Government (Goldblatt and Manning 2010).