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 | |
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| Xiphidium caeruleum | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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] | |
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species edit
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 edit
- Schiekia orinocensis (Kunth) Meisn. (as Xiphidium angustifolium Willd. ex Link)[4]
- Cubanicula xanthorrhizos (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Hopper, J.E.Gut., E.J.Hickman, M.Pell. & Rhian J.Sm. (as Xiphidium xanthorrhizon C.Wright ex Griseb.)[5]
Phylogeny edit
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 |
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References edit
- ^ a b c "Xiphidium Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "v.1 - Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise : - Biodiversity Heritage Library". biodiversitylibrary.org.
- ^ Tropicos, Tribonanthes Endl.
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links edit
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