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|accepted_name=Libertia
|accepted_authority=Sprengel
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|title=Syst. Veg.
|place=1: 127. 1824
|year=1824
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Libertia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Libertia]]</div></div>
|etymology=for Marie A. Libert, 1782–1863, Belgian botanist and student of liverworts
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 17
|treatment_page=page 350
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;rhizome growth form or orientation"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, from creeping rhizomes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>branched or rarely simple.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>mostly basal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade prominence or shape;blade shape">blade flat, ensiform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>rhipidiate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="spathe coloration">spathes green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower duration;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>lasting one day, actinomorphic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="tepal orientation;tepal fusion;tepal coloration;tepal size;outer whorl size">tepals spreading, distinct, white [blue], unequal, outer whorl smaller than inner;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments shortly connate basally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="anther fixation or orientation">anthers not appressed to style-branches;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="branch quantity;branch shape">style dividing into 3 filiform branches, extending between stamens below anthers.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule texture"><b>Capsules </b>± ovoid, cartilaginous to woody.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="seed quantity;seed arrangement or shape"><b>Seeds </b>many, angular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="">seed-coat light to dark-brown.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed-coat coloration;x chromosome quantity">x = 19.</span><!--

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|distribution=Australasia;South America (Andes)
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 11 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Libertia
|author=Elizabeth McClintock
|authority=Sprengel
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|distribution=Australasia;South America (Andes)
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Veg.
|publication year=1824
|special status=
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|genus=Libertia
|anther fixation or orientation=not appressed
|blade prominence or shape=flat
|blade shape=ensiform
|branch quantity=3
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|capsule shape=ovoid
|capsule texture=cartilaginous;woody
|filament fusion=connate
|flower architecture=actinomorphic
|flower duration=lasting
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|leaf position=basal
|outer whorl size=smaller
|rhizome growth form or orientation=creeping
|seed arrangement or shape=angular
|seed quantity=many
|seed-coat coloration=light;dark-brown
|spathe coloration=green
|stem architecture=simple;branched
|tepal coloration=white
|tepal fusion=distinct
|tepal orientation=spreading
|tepal size=unequal
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|x chromosome quantity=19
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