Xiphidium is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae first described as a genus in 1775.Tropicos, Tribonanthes Endl. 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 – Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador
formerly placed here Schiekia orinocensis (as Xiphidium angustifolium ) Cubanicula xanthorrhizos (as Xiphidium xanthorrhizon C.Wright ex Griseb.)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.
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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