View source for Herbertia ← Herbertia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |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 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, from tunicate, ovoid bulbs; tunic brown, dry, brittle, papery. <b>Stems</b> simple or branched. <b>Leaves</b> few, basal larger; blade pleated, linear-lanceolate. <b>Inflorescences</b> rhipidiate, few-flowered; spathes green, unequal, inner spathe exceeding outer, apex brown, acute, usually dry. <b>Flowers</b> short-lived, erect, unscented, actinomorphic; tepals spreading, distinct, blue to mauve with white markings, unequal, outer whorl more than 2 times inner; filaments connate; anthers diverging, appressed to style branches; style slender, branching at apex of filament column; branches diverging from base, flattened, divided apically into 2 slender lobes, apically stigmatic. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, apex truncate. <b>Seeds</b> many, prismatic; seed coat brown. <b>x</b> = 7.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;temperate South America. |discussion=<p>Species ca. 5 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>The name <i>Alophia</i> has been misapplied to this genus because of an erroneous interpretation of the identity of the type species of <i>Alophia</i> (P. Goldblatt 1975).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#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= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_813.xml |genus=Herbertia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Iridaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Iridaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Herbertia.