Xiphidium
Sign in to saveXiphidium is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae first described as a genus in 1775. It is native to tropical Americas, from southern Mexico through the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America to Bolivia and central Brazil.
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- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyStichaeidae
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Xiphidium is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae first described as a genus in 1775. 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