Haemodorum
TaxonHaemodorum
AuthoritySm.
Type speciesHaemodorum corymbosum
Type species authorityVahl[1]

Haemodorum is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae, first described as a genus in 1798 by James Edward Smith.[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

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]

References

  1. ^ Tropicos, Haemodorum Sm.
  2. ^ Smith, James Edward. 1798. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 213-214 in Latin
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Vahl, M (1805). "Haemodorum". Enumeratio Plantarum. 2: 179.
  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. Bibcode:2009MolPE..51...19H. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015. PMID 19063982