Xiphidium

Xiphidium
Xiphidium caeruleum
Scientific 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 angustifoliumWilld. ex Link) ^[4]
• Cubanicula xanthorrhizos (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Hopper, J.E.Gut., E.J.Hickman, M.Pell. & Rhian J.Sm. (as Xiphidium xanthorrhizonC.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. "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.

External links

• Media related to Xiphidium at Wikimedia Commons