''Haemodorum'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of herbs in the family

Haemodoraceae Haemodoraceae is a family of perennial herbaceous flowering plants with 14 genera and 102 known species. It is sometimes known as the "bloodwort family". Primarily a Southern Hemisphere family, they are found in South Africa, Australia and New ...

, first described as a genus in 1798 by James Edward Smiith.Smith, James Edward. 1798. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 213-214
in LatinTropicos, Haemodorum Sm.
/ref> The genus is native to

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

and Australia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> The type species is '' Haemodorum corymbosum'' Vahl, first described by

Martin Vahl Martin Henrichsen Vahl (10 October 1749 – 24 December 1804) was a Danish-Norwegian botanist, herbalist and zoologist. Biography Martin Vahl was born in Bergen, Norway and attended Bergen Cathedral School. He studied botany at the University ...

in 1805. ; species * '' 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 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.

References

Commelinales genera {{Commelinales-stub