Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Commelinales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Commelinales

Familia: Haemodoraceae
Genus: Xiphidium

Name

Xiphidium Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 33. 1775.

Synonymy

  • Heterotypic
    • Xiphidium Loefl., Iter Hispan.: 179. 1758, nom. inval. pro syn.

Overview of species

Accepted species

X. caeruleum  X. xanthorrhizon

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to WCSP – see references.

Names in synonymy

X. albidum  X. album  X. angustifolium  X. floribundum  X. giganteum  X. loeflingii  X. rubrum

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest.
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

  • Hassler, M. 2018. Xiphidium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 18.
  • Tropicos.org 2018. Xiphidium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 18 November 2018.
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