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|accepted_name=Herbertia
|accepted_authority=Sweet
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Brit. Fl. Gard.
|place=3: plate 222. 1827
|year=1827
}}
|common_names=Pleat-leaf iris
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Trifurcia
|authority=Herbert
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Herbertia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Herbertia]]</div></div>
|etymology=for William Herbert, 1778–1847, prominent British botanist and specialist in bulbous plants
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 17, 349
|treatment_page=page 396
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;bulb architecture;bulb shape"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, from tunicate, ovoid bulbs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="tunic coloration;tunic condition or texture;tunic fragility;tunic texture">tunic brown, dry, brittle, papery.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>simple or branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf quantity;basal leaf size"><b>Leaves </b>few, basal larger;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape or vernation">blade pleated, linearlanceolate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>rhipidiate, few-flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="spathe coloration;spathe size;apex coloration;apex shape;apex condition or texture">spathes green, unequal, inner spathe exceeding outer, apex brown, acute, usually dry.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower duration;flower orientation;flower odor;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>short-lived, erect, unscented, actinomorphic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="tepal orientation;tepal fusion;tepal coloration;tepal size;marking coloration;outer whorl size or quantity">tepals spreading, distinct, blue to mauve with white markings, unequal, outer whorl more than 2 times inner;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments connate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="anther orientation;anther fixation or orientation">anthers diverging, appressed to style-branches;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style size;style architecture">style slender, branching at apex of filament column;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="branch orientation;branch shape;branch shape;branch structure in adjective form;slender lobe quantity">branches diverging from base, flattened, divided apically into 2 slender lobes, apically stigmatic.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="capsule shape;apex architecture or shape"><b>Capsules </b>ovoid, apex truncate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>many, prismatic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="">seed-coat brown.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed-coat coloration;x chromosome quantity">x = 7.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;temperate South America
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 5 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>The name Alophia has been misapplied to this genus because of an erroneous interpretation of the identity of the type species of Alophia (P. Goldblatt 1975).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Herbertia
|author=Peter Goldblatt
|authority=Sweet
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Trifurcia
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|distribution=North America;temperate South America
|reference=None
|publication title=Brit. Fl. Gard.
|publication year=1827
|special status=
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|genus=Herbertia
|anther fixation or orientation=appressed
|anther orientation=diverging
|apex architecture or shape=truncate
|apex coloration=brown
|apex condition or texture=dry
|apex shape=acute
|basal leaf size=larger
|blade shape or vernation=pleated
|branch orientation=diverging
|branch shape=divided;flattened
|branch structure in adjective form=stigmatic
|bulb architecture=tunicate
|bulb shape=ovoid
|capsule shape=ovoid
|filament fusion=connate
|flower architecture=actinomorphic
|flower duration=short-lived
|flower odor=unscented
|flower orientation=erect
|inflorescence architecture=few-flowered;rhipidiate
|leaf quantity=few
|marking coloration=white
|outer whorl size or quantity=2+ times inner whorl
|seed quantity=many
|seed shape=prismatic
|seed-coat coloration=brown
|slender lobe quantity=2
|spathe coloration=green
|spathe size=unequal
|stem architecture=branched;simple
|style architecture=branching
|style size=slender
|tepal coloration=blue;mauve
|tepal fusion=distinct
|tepal orientation=spreading
|tepal size=unequal
|tunic coloration=brown
|tunic condition or texture=dry
|tunic fragility=brittle
|tunic texture=papery
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|x chromosome quantity=7
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