Xylobium

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

Xylobium
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.
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[1]
  • Onkeripus Raf. (1838)
  • Pentulops Raf. (1838)

References
  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.


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