| 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 Aubl. | |
| Species | |
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Xiphidium is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae first described as a genus in 1775. It is native to tropical Americas, from southern Mexico through the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America to Bolivia and central Brazil.
species
Two species are accepted.
- 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)
- 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.)
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.
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References
- ^ "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. Vol. v.1. 1775.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - 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 (1): 19–30. Bibcode:2009MolPE..51...19H. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015. PMID 19063982.
External links
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