Biology:Haemodorum

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Haemodorum
Haemodorum coccineum ArnhemLand.jpg
Haemodorum coccineum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Subfamily: Haemodoroideae
Genus: Haemodorum
Sm.
Type species
Haemodorum corymbosum
Haemodorumwolegend.jpg
Collection data for Haemodorum spp. within Australia

Haemodorum is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae, first described as a genus in 1798 by James Edward Smiith.[2][1] The genus is native to New Guinea and Australia .[3] The type species is Haemodorum corymbosum Vahl,[1] first described by Martin Vahl in 1805.[4]

species[3]
formerly included[3]

moved to Hagenbachia

  • Haemodorum brasiliense - Hagenbachia brasiliensis - Brazil

Phylogeny

Comparison of homologous DNA has increased the understanding of the phylogenetic relationships between the genera in the Haemodoroideae subfamily. The following tree represents those insights.[5]

  subfamily Haemodoroideae 

Haemodorum

Lachnanthes

Dilatris

Xiphidium

Schiekia

Wachendorfia

Barberetta

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tropicos, Haemodorum Sm.
  2. Smith, James Edward. 1798. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 213-214 in Latin
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Vahl, M (1805). "Haemodorum". Enumeratio Plantarum 2: 179. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/9746/?offset=#page=195&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=. 
  5. Hopper, Stephen D.; Smith, Rhian J.; Fay, Michael F.; Manning, John C.; Chase, Mark W. (2009). "Molecular phylogenetics of Haemodoraceae in the Greater Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51: 19–30. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015. 

Wikidata ☰ Q9001832 entry