Biology:Xiphidium

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Xiphidium is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae first described as a genus in 1775.[1][2] It is native to tropical Americas, from southern Mexico through the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America to Bolivia and central Brazil.[3]

species

Two species are accepted.[3]

  • 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. v.1 - Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise : - Biodiversity Heritage Library. v.1. 1775. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/362009#page/67/mode/1up. 
  2. Tropicos, Tribonanthes Endl.
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  4. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=272444. 
  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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015. PMID 19063982. Bibcode2009MolPE..51...19H. 

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