Xiphidium
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| Xiphidium | |
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| File:Xiphidium caeruleum.jpg | |
| 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 | |
| Species[1] | |
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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
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]- 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 | edit source]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
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- ^ Tropicos, Tribonanthes Endl.
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- ^ 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.
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External links
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