Libertia pulchella

Libertia pulchella
Libertia pulchella, Mount Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Sisyrinchieae
Genus: Libertia
Species: L. pulchella
Binomial name
Libertia pulchella
(R.Br.) Spreng.[1]
Synonyms
  • Libertia lawrencei orth. var. Hook.f.
  • Libertia pulchella var. laurencei (Hook.f.) Domin
  • Libertia laurencei Hook.f.
  • Nematostigma pulchellum (R.Br.) A.Dietr.
  • Renealmia pulchella R.Br.
  • Sisyrinchium pulchellum R.Br. nom. inval.
  • Sisyrinchium pulchellum (R.Br.) R.Br. ex F.Muell.
  • Tekel pulchella (R.Br.) Kuntze
  • Tekelia pulchella orth. var. Kuntze

Libertia pulchella (Pretty Grass-flag) is a plant in the iris family (Iridaceae).[2] It is native to Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia, where it occurs in New South Wales and Victoria and Tasmania.[3][4][5] The flowering scape rises above the linear leaves producing 3 to 6 cream-coloured flowers.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Libertia pulchella". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Libertia+pulchella. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 
  2. ^ Corrick, M.G. and Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN 1876473142. 
  3. ^ "Census of vascular plants of Papua New Guinea". http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/PNGcensus.pl?fam=&gen=Libertia&sp=&infr=&group=. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 
  4. ^ "L. pulchella (R. Br.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1, 1824, 169.". Flora of New Zealand Series. http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/Taxon.aspx?id=_d1fac6d4-c9bb-49b2-9097-133b5428e115&fileName=Flora%202.xml#_d1fac6d4-c9bb-49b2-9097-133b5428e115. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 
  5. ^ a b "Libertia pulchella". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Libertia~pulchella. Retrieved 2010-01-01.