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]

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 xanthorrhizon C.Wright ex Griseb. - western Cuba including Isla de la Juventud (formerly called Isle of Pines)

formerly included^[3]

Xiphidium angustifolium - Schiekia orinocensis

Gallery

Xiphidium caeruleum, fruit of the Palma Bruja bush

References

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

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[1] "v.1 - Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise : - Biodiversity Heritage Library". biodiversitylibrary.org.

[2] Tropicos, Tribonanthes Endl.

[w-3] "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.

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