Xiphidium
Xiphidium caeruleum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Subfamily: Haemodoroideae
Genus: Xiphidium
Aubl.
Type species
Xiphidium caeruleum

Xiphidium is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae first described as a genus in 1775.[1][2] It is native to tropical regions of the Western Hemisphere.[3]

species[3]
  • 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 xanthorrhizon C.Wright ex Griseb. - western Cuba including Isla de la Juventud (formerly called Isle of Pines)
formerly included[3]

Xiphidium angustifolium - Schiekia orinocensis

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.[4]

  subfamily Haemodoroideae 

Dilatris

Lachnanthes

Haemodorum

Barberetta

Wachendorfia

Schiekia

Xiphidium

References

  1. ↑ "v.1 - Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise : - Biodiversity Heritage Library". biodiversitylibrary.org.
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Tribonanthes Endl.
  3. 1 2 3 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.
  4. ↑ 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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