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Liberatia

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Liberatia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Liberatia
Rizzini

Liberatia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1]

It is native to Bolivia and Brazil.[1]

The genus name of Liberatia is in honour of Liberato Joaquim Barroso (1900–1949), a Brazilian botanist and agronomist.[2] It was first described and published in Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro, Bot. Vol.8 on page 21 in 1947.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Liberatia Rizzini | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.