Jump to content

Xylobium

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Xylobium
Xylobium colleyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Maxillariinae
Genus: Xylobium
Lindl. (1825)
Type species
Xylobium squalens
(Lindl.) Lindl.
Selected species
Synonyms[1]
  • Onkeripus Raf. (1838)
  • Pentulops Raf. (1838)

Xylobium, abbreviated Xyl in horticultural trade, is a genus of plants in family Orchidaceae. It contains about 35 species native to tropical America.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Xylobium". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. ^ Szlachetko, Dariusz L.; Kolanowska, Marta (2014). "Four New Species of Xylobium (Orchidaceae-Epidendroideae-Maxillarieae) from Colombia". Phyton: Annales Rei Botanicae. 54 (1): 71–82.