Haemodorum

Haemodorum
Haemodorum coccineum
Scientific 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	Haemodorum Lachnanthes Dilatris Xiphidium Schiekia Wachendorfia Barberetta

References

1. Tropicos, Haemodorum Sm.
2. Smith, James Edward. 1798. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 213-214 in Latin
3. 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.