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