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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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, from creeping rhizomes. <b>Stems</b> branched or rarely simple. <b>Leaves</b> mostly basal; blade flat, ensiform. <b>Inflorescences</b> rhipidiate; spathes green. <b>Flowers</b> lasting one day, actinomorphic; tepals spreading, distinct, white [blue], unequal, outer whorl smaller than inner; filaments shortly connate basally; anthers not appressed to style branches; style dividing into 3 filiform branches, extending between stamens below anthers. <b>Capsules</b> ± ovoid, cartilaginous to woody. <b>Seeds</b> many, angular; seed coat light to dark brown. <b>x</b> = 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
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|distribution=Australasia;South America (Andes).
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|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Veg.
|publication year=1824
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