Xylobium

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Xylobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Higher Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Bifrenariinae
Genus: Xylobium
Lindl.
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.

Xylobium, abbreviated Xyl in horticultural trade, is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae. It contains about 30 species native to tropical America.

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