Xylobium

Xylobium, abbreviated Xyl in horticultural trade, is a genus of plants in family Orchidaceae. It contains about 35 species native to tropical America.[1]

Xylobium
Xylobium colleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Maxillarieae
Subtribe:
Bifrenariinae
Genus:
Xylobium

Lindl. (1825)
Type species
Xylobium squalens
(Lindl.) Lindl.
Selected Species
  • Xylobium bractescens
  • Xylobium citronum
  • Xylobium colleyi
  • Xylobium corrugatum
  • Xylobium elatum
  • Xylobium elongatum
  • Xylobium foveatum
  • Xylobium hyacinthinum
  • Xylobium latilabium
  • Xylobium leontoglossum
  • Xylobium pallidiflorum
  • Xylobium palmifolium
  • Xylobium peruvianum
  • Xylobium scandens
  • Xylobium squalens
  • Xylobium tuerckheimii
  • Xylobium variegatum
Synonyms

Onkeripus Raf. (1838)

References
  1. Szlachetko, Dariusz L.; Kolanowska, Marta (2014). "Four New Species of Xylobium (Orchidaceae-Epidendroideae-Maxillarieae) from Colombia". Phyton: Annales Rei Botannicae. 54 (1): 71–82.


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