Xiphidium is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae first described as a genus in 1775.

[2][3] It is native to tropical Americas, from southern Mexico through the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America to Bolivia and central Brazil.

[1] Comparison of homologous DNA has increased the insight in the phylogenetic relationships between the genera in the Haemodoroideae subfamily.

The following trees represent those insights.

[6] Dilatris Lachnanthes Haemodorum Barberetta Wachendorfia Schiekia Xiphidium This Commelinales-related article is a stub.