Libertia

rdf:langString Libertia

rdf:langString Spreng. 1824, conserved name not Dumort. 1822 nor Lej. 1825

rdf:langString Libertia chilensis

rdf:langString * Tekel (Adans.) * Tekelia (Scop.) * Renealmia (R.Br. 1810 not L. 1753 nor L.f. 1782) * Nematostigma (A.Dietr.) * Orthrosanthus (Sweet) * Taumastos (Raf.) * Choeradodia (Herb.) * Ezeria (Raf.)

rdf:langString Libertia

rdf:langString Libertia ixioides

rdf:langString Spreng.

rdf:langString Libertia is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to South America, Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand. Eight species are endemic to New Zealand. Libertia is made up of herbaceous or evergreen perennials growing from short rhizomes, with simple, linear or narrowly lanceolate basal leaves which are often green but may be red, orange, or yellow under direct sunlight. The showy white or blue trimerous flowers are open in spring and are followed by capsules opening by three valves which contain the numerous seeds. The genus was named after the Belgian botanist Marie-Anne Libert (1782–1865) (also referred to as Anne-Marie Libert). The species Libertia chilensis has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. Species * Libertia chilensis (Molina) Gunckel - central + southern Chile, southern Argentina, Juan Fernández Islands * R.C.Foster - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia * Blanchon, B.G.Murray & Braggins - North Island of New Zealand * Blanchon, B.G.Murray & Braggins - North Island of New Zealand * Ravenna - Los Lagos region of Chile * Blanchon & J.S.Weaver - North Island of New Zealand * Libertia grandiflora (R.Br.) Sweet - North + South Islands of New Zealand * Ravenna - Los Lagos region of Chile * Libertia ixioides (G.Forst.) Spreng. - North + South Islands of New Zealand * Libertia micrantha A.Cunn. - North + South Islands of New Zealand * Blanchon, B.G.Murray & Braggins - North + South Islands of New Zealand * Libertia paniculata (R.Br.) Spreng. - eastern Australia - Branching Grass Flag * Libertia peregrinans Cockayne & Allan - North + South + Chatham Islands of New Zealand * Libertia pulchella (R.Br.) Spreng. - New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, North + South Islands of New Zealand, New Guinea * (Poepp.) Skottsb. - central Chile * Phil. - central + southern Chile * Ravenna - Los Lagos region of ChileSelected formerly included Numerous names have been coined using the name Libertia, referring to species that are now regarded as better suited to other genera (Bromus Cardiocrinum Hosta Orthrosanthus). * Libertia arduennensis - Bromus bromoideus * Libertia arundinacea - Bromus bromoideus * Libertia azurea - * Libertia cernua - Hosta plantaginea * Libertia graminea - var. gramineus * Libertia heteroclita - Cardiocrinum cordatum * Libertia laxa - * Libertia recta - Hosta ventricosa * Libertia stricta -