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Internal ID UUID644027ce2cba0727520428
Scientific name Libertia chilensis
Authority (Molina) Gunckel
First published in Revista Chilena Hist. Nat 31: 87 (1927)

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Libertia chilensis, also known as Libertia formosa, is a flowering plant in the iris family that is native to the Juan Fernández Islands, central and southern Chile, and southern Argentina. It has also been introduced to the San Francisco Bay Area and San Bernardino County in California. This rhizomatous evergreen perennial has been recognized for its beauty and received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The plant is also significant to the Mapuche people, as the Calle-Calle River in Los Ríos Region is named after it.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Choeradodia chilensis (Molina) Herb. Amaryllidaceae : 87 (1837)
Strumaria chilensis Molina Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili ed. 2: 130 1810
Libertia formosa Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 15: 383 (1833)
Libertia elegans Poepp. Fragm. Syn. Pl. : 1 (1833)
Libertia crassa Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 14: 383 (1833)
Orthrosanthus chilensis Klotzsch ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 121 (1877)
Sisyrinchium fernandezianum Steud. & Hochst. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 595 (1841)
Sisyrinchium formosum F.Muell. Fragm. 7: 91 (1870)
Taumastos compressus Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 10 (1836)
Libertia formosa var. grandiflora Johow Estud. I. Juan Fernandez : 150 (1896)
Libertia formosa var. crassa (Graham) Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 153 (1876)
Tekel formosa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 702 (1891)

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Language Common/alternative name
Spanish libertia formosa var crassa
Spanish tequel-tequel
Spanish tequel tequel
Spanish tekel formosa
Spanish taumastos compressus
Spanish strumaria chilensis
Spanish sisyrinchium fernandezianum
Spanish orthrosanthus chilensis
Spanish libertia ixioides
Spanish libertia formosa var. crassa
Spanish libertia formosa var grandiflora
Spanish libertia crassa
Spanish choeradodia chilensis
Spanish calle-calle
Spanish calle calle
Spanish libertia grandiflora
Spanish sisyrinchium formosum
Spanish libertia formosa
Spanish libertia elegans
Spanish solenomelus chilensis
Spanish libertia formosa var. grandiflora
Welsh gellesgen chile
Chinese 美丽丽白花

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- Native
  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile South
      • Juan Fernández Islands

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000784656
Tropicos 16600063
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:439844-1
The Plant List kew-323176
Open Tree Of Life 565215
NCBI Taxonomy 1210476
IPNI 439844-1
iNaturalist 59941
GBIF 5296860
Freebase /m/026k0nj
EOL 491579
Calflora (Californian flora) 4793
Wikipedia Libertia_chilensis

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Recent Progress in Antioxidant Active Substances from Marine Biota Vladkova T, Georgieva N, Staneva A, Gospodinova D Antioxidants (Basel) 22-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8944465
doi:10.3390/antiox11030439
PMID:35326090
Oil-producing flowers within the Iridoideae (Iridaceae): evolutionary trends in the flowers of the New World genera Chauveau O, Eggers L, Souza-Chies TT, Nadot S Ann Bot 10-Jul-2012
PMCID:PMC3400458
doi:10.1093/aob/mcs134
PMID:22782239
Multiple Developmental Pathways Leading to a Single Morph: Monosulcate Pollen (Examples From the Asparagales) PENET L, NADOT S, RESSAYRE A, FORCHIONI A, DREYER L, GOUYON PH Ann Bot 26-Nov-2004
PMCID:PMC4246833
doi:10.1093/aob/mci030
PMID:15567807

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