HAEMODORACEAE
Morphological description
Rhizomatous herbs. Rhizome usually red
Leaves
Leaves linear, laterally compressed, base sheathing.
Flowers
Flower bisexual, actinomorphic, 3-merous; stamens 3, opposite inner tepals; ovary inferior, 3-celled.
Fruit
Fruit a capsule.
Seed
Seed winged
Different from: Iridaceae: stamens opposite outer tepals. - Liliaceae: leaves rarely laterally compressed, ovary superior.
Distribution: A southern hemisphere family, best represented in Australia. In Malesia only Haemodorum native, in savannah.
Notes: Xiphidium coeruleum* is an ornamental plant.
Literature: C.G.G. J. van Steenis, Fl. Males. I, 5 (1954) 111-113.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): Haemodorum 92.
Illustrations: Fig. 86. Haemodorum corymbosum Vahl (Haemodoraceae). Habit; flower enlarged. Reproduced from Flora Malesiana I, 5 (1954) 112, fig. 1a, b.
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