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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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Genus
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyStichaeidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 145
- With media
- 56
- Family
- Haemodoraceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, US, NY
- Recorded in
- Honduras, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Cuba
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- Xiphidium caeruleum.jpg
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- Xiphidium
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- Category:Xiphidium
- taxon common name
- 鸠尾花属
- Commons category
- Xiphidium
- taxonomic type
- Xiphidium caeruleum
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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
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