Xiphidium

Xiphidium caeruleum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Commelinales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Haemodoraceae
Subfamilia: Haemodoroideae
Genus:
Species: X. caeruleum – X. pontederiiflorum

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

Name

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

Synonymy

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

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. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

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