Haemodorum Explained

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

species^[3]

• Haemodorum austroqueenslandicum Domin - SE Queensland, NE New South Wales
• Haemodorum brevicaule F.Muell. - Queensland, Northern Territory, N Western Australia
• Haemodorum brevisepalum Benth. - SW Western Australia
• Haemodorum coccineum R.Br. - New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory
• Haemodorum corymbosum Vahl - New South Wales
• Haemodorum discolor T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australia
• Haemodorum distichophyllum Hook. - Tasmania
• Haemodorum ensifolium F.Muell. - NW Northern Territory, N Western Australia
• Haemodorum gracile T.D.Macfarl. - N Western Australia
• Haemodorum laxum R.Br. - SW Western Australia
• Haemodorum loratum T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australia
• Haemodorum paniculatum Lindl. - SW Western Australia
• Haemodorum parviflorum Benth. - N Northern Territory, N Western Australia
• Haemodorum planifolium R.Br. - SE Queensland, New South Wales
• Haemodorum simplex Lindl. - SW Western Australia
• Haemodorum simulans F.Muell. - SW Western Australia
• Haemodorum sparsiflorum F.Muell. - SW Western Australia
• Haemodorum spicatum R.Br. - SW Western Australia
• Haemodorum tenuifolium A.Cunn. ex Benth. - SE Queensland, NE New South Wales
• Haemodorum venosum T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australia

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]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/753440#page/239/mode/1up Smith, James Edward. 1798. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 213-214
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019905 Tropicos, Haemodorum Sm.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=247891 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Vahl. M. 1805. Haemodorum. Enumeratio Plantarum. 2. 179.
5. Stephen D.. Hopper. Rhian J.. Smith. Michael F.. Fay. John C.. Manning. Mark W.. Chase. 2009. Molecular phylogenetics of Haemodoraceae in the Greater Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51. 19–30. 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015. 19063982. 2009MolPE..51...19H.