Xiphidium

Xiphidium is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae first described as a genus in 1775.[2][3] It is native to tropical Americas, from southern Mexico through the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America to Bolivia and central Brazil.[1]

Xiphidium
Xiphidium caeruleum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Subfamily: Haemodoroideae
Genus: Xiphidium
Aubl. (1775)
Type species
Xiphidium caeruleum
Species[1]
  • Xiphidium caeruleum Aubl.
  • Xiphidium pontederiiflorum M.Pell., Hopper & Rhian J.Sm.

species

Two species are accepted.[1]

  • Xiphidium caeruleum Aubl. - Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Puebla, Yucatán), Central America (all 7 countries), West Indies, South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará, Maranhão, Amapá), Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
  • Xiphidium pontederiiflorum M.Pell., Hopper & Rhian J.Sm. – Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador

formerly placed here

Phylogeny

Comparison of homologous DNA has increased the insight in the phylogenetic relationships between the genera in the Haemodoroideae subfamily. The following trees represent those insights.[6]

  subfamily Haemodoroideae 

References

  1. "Xiphidium Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  2. "v.1 - Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise : - Biodiversity Heritage Library". biodiversitylibrary.org.
  3. Tropicos, Tribonanthes Endl.
  4. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.
  5. Cubanicula xanthorrhizos (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Hopper, J.E.Gut., E.J.Hickman, M.Pell. & Rhian J.Sm. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  6. Hopper, Stephen D.; Smith, Rhian J.; Fay, Michael F.; Manning, John C.; Chase, Mark W. (2009). "Molecular phylogenetics of Haemodoraceae in the Greater Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51: 19–30. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015.
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