Haemodorum

Genus of flowering plants

Haemodorum
Haemodorum coccineum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Subfamily: Haemodoroideae
Genus: Haemodorum
Sm.
Type species
Haemodorum corymbosum
Vahl[1]
Collection data for Haemodorum spp. within Australia

Haemodorum is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae, first described as a genus in 1798 by James Edward Smiith.[2][1] The genus is native to New Guinea and Australia.[3] The type species is Haemodorum corymbosum Vahl,[1] first described by Martin Vahl in 1805.[4]

species[3]
  • Haemodorum austroqueenslandicum Domin - SE Queensland, NE New South Wales
  • Haemodorum brevicaule F.Muell. - Queensland, Northern Territory, N Western Australia
  • Haemodorum brevisepalum Benth. - SW Western Australia
  • Haemodorum coccineum R.Br. - New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory
  • Haemodorum corymbosum Vahl - New South Wales
  • Haemodorum discolor T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australia
  • Haemodorum distichophyllum Hook. - Tasmania
  • Haemodorum ensifolium F.Muell. - NW Northern Territory, N Western Australia
  • Haemodorum gracile T.D.Macfarl. - N Western Australia
  • Haemodorum laxum R.Br. - SW Western Australia
  • Haemodorum loratum T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australia
  • Haemodorum paniculatum Lindl. - SW Western Australia
  • Haemodorum parviflorum Benth. - N Northern Territory, N Western Australia
  • Haemodorum planifolium R.Br. - SE Queensland, New South Wales
  • Haemodorum simplex Lindl. - SW Western Australia
  • Haemodorum simulans F.Muell. - SW Western Australia
  • Haemodorum sparsiflorum F.Muell. - SW Western Australia
  • Haemodorum spicatum R.Br. - SW Western Australia
  • Haemodorum tenuifolium A.Cunn. ex Benth. - SE Queensland, NE New South Wales
  • Haemodorum venosum T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australia
formerly included[3]

moved to Hagenbachia

  • Haemodorum brasiliense - Hagenbachia brasiliensis - Brazil

Phylogeny

Comparison of homologous DNA has increased the understanding of the phylogenetic relationships between the genera in the Haemodoroideae subfamily. The following tree represents those insights.[5]

  subfamily Haemodoroideae 

References

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  1. ^ a b c Tropicos, Haemodorum Sm.
  2. ^ Smith, James Edward. 1798. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 213-214 in Latin
  3. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Vahl, M (1805). "Haemodorum". Enumeratio Plantarum. 2: 179.
  5. ^ 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. Bibcode:2009MolPE..51...19H. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015. PMID 19063982.
Taxon identifiers
Haemodorum


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