Xiphidium

Xiphidium
Xiphidium caeruleum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Genus: Xiphidium
Aubl.
Type species
Xiphidium caeruleum
Aubl.

Xiphidium is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae first described as a genus in 1775.[1][2] It is native to tropical regions of the Western Hemisphere.[3]

species[3]
  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)
  2. Xiphidium xanthorrhizon C.Wright ex Griseb. - western Cuba including Isla de la Juventud (formerly called Isle of Pines)
formerly included[3]

Xiphidium angustifolium - Schiekia orinocensis

References

  1. ↑ "v.1 - Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise : - Biodiversity Heritage Library". biodiversitylibrary.org.
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Tribonanthes Endl.
  3. 1 2 3 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.
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