Xylobium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Maxillariinae
Genus: Xylobium
Overview of species (36)

X. aurantiacum – X. bractescens – X. buchtienianum – X. chapadense – X. coelia – X. colleyi – X. corrugatum – X. cylindrobulbon – X. dusenii – X. elatum – X. elongatum – X. flavescens – X. foveatum – X. hyacinthinum – X. hypocritum – X. leontoglossum – X. medinae – X. miliaceum – X. modestum – X. ornatum – X. ortizianum – X. pallidiflorum – X. palmifolium – X. papillosum – X. serratum – X. squalens – X. stanhopeifolium – X. subintegrum – X. subpulchrum – X. sulfurinum – X. tubilabium – X. undulatum – X. varicosum – X. variegatum – X. wilhelminae – X. zarumense – X. zarumense
Name

Xylobium Lindl., Bot. Reg. 11: t. 897 (1825)

Type species: Xylobium squalens (Lindl.) Lindl., Bot. Reg. 11: t. 897 (1825)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Onkeripus Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 42 (1838)
Pentulops Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 42 (1838)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Mexico
Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
Caribbean
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Lindley, J. 1825. Botanical Register, 11: t. 897.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 208 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Xylobium. Accessed: 2021 May 30.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Xylobium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Xylobium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Xylobium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Xylobium. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Xylobium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 30.

Vernacular names

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

"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.