Herbertia (Iridaceae)

Herbertia lahue

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Iridoideae
Tribus: Tigridieae
Genus: Herbertia
Species: H. amabilis – H. amatorum – H. darwinii – H. furcata – H. hauthalii – H. lahue – H. pulchella – H. quareimana – H. tigridioides – H. zebrina

Name

Herbertia Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 222. (1827)

• Type species: Herbertia pulchella Sweet (1827)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Trifurcia Herb., Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3779. (1840)
  • Sympa Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 10. (1981)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile North Regional: Brazil Brazil South Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central America Louisiana, Texas Introduced into: Florida, New South Wales References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sweet, R. 1827. The British Flower Garden 3: t. 222.

Additional references

• Goldblatt, P. (1977 publ. 1978). Herbertia reinstated as a valid generic name. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 64: 378-379.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Herbertia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb. 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Herbertia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 26 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Herbertia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Feb. 2022.

Vernacular names

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