Haemodorum

Haemodorum
Haemodorum coccineum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Genus: Haemodorum
Sm.
Type species
Haemodorum corymbosum
Vahl [1]

Haemodorum is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae, first described as a genus in 1798.[2][1] It is native to New Guinea and Australia.[3]

The name was chosen to honor Aylmer Bourke Lambert.[2]

species[3]
  1. Haemodorum austroqueenslandicum Domin - SE Queensland, NE New South Wales
  2. Haemodorum brevicaule F.Muell. - Queensland, Northern Territory, N Western Australia
  3. Haemodorum brevisepalum Benth. - SW Western Australia
  4. Haemodorum coccineum R.Br. - New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory
  5. Haemodorum corymbosum Vahl - New South Wales
  6. Haemodorum discolor T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australia
  7. Haemodorum distichophyllum Hook. - Tasmania
  8. Haemodorum ensifolium F.Muell. - NW Northern Territory, N Western Australia
  9. Haemodorum gracile T.D.Macfarl. - N Western Australia
  10. Haemodorum laxum R.Br. - SW Western Australia
  11. Haemodorum loratum T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australia
  12. Haemodorum paniculatum Lindl. - SW Western Australia
  13. Haemodorum parviflorum Benth. - N Northern Territory, N Western Australia
  14. Haemodorum planifolium R.Br. - SE Queensland, New South Wales
  15. Haemodorum simplex Lindl. - SW Western Australia
  16. Haemodorum simulans F.Muell. - SW Western Australia
  17. Haemodorum sparsiflorum F.Muell. - SW Western Australia
  18. Haemodorum spicatum R.Br. - SW Western Australia
  19. Haemodorum tenuifolium A.Cunn. ex Benth. - SE Queensland, NE New South Wales
  20. Haemodorum venosum T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australia
formerly included[3]

moved to Hagenbachia

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Haemodorum Sm.
  2. 1 2 Smith, James Edward. 1798. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 213-214 in Latin
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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