Xiphidium

Genus of flowering plants

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. (1775)
Type species
Xiphidium caeruleum
Aubl.
Species[1]
  • Xiphidium caeruleum Aubl.
  • Xiphidium pontederiiflorum M.Pell., Hopper & Rhian J.Sm.

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]

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

  • 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

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 

Dilatris

Lachnanthes

Haemodorum

Barberetta

Wachendorfia

Schiekia

Xiphidium

References

  1. ^ a b c "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. Vol. v.1. 1775. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  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 (1): 19–30. Bibcode:2009MolPE..51...19H. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015. PMID 19063982.
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Taxon identifiers
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