''Haemodorum'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of herbs in the family

Haemodoraceae Haemodoraceae is a family of perennial herbaceous flowering plants with 14 genera and 102 known species. It is sometimes known as the "bloodwort family". Primarily a Southern Hemisphere family, they are found in South Africa, Australia and New ...

, first described as a genus in 1798 by James Edward Smiith.Smith, James Edward. 1798. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 213-214
in LatinTropicos, Haemodorum Sm.
/ref> The genus is native to

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

and Australia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Haemodorum corymbosum ''Haemodorum corymbosum'', commonly known as the rush-leaf bloodroot, is a shrub native to southeastern Australia. Danish-Norwegian naturalist Martin Vahl described this species in his 1805 work ''Enumeratio Plantarum''. It grows as a strappy he ...

'' Vahl, first described by

Martin Vahl Martin Henrichsen Vahl (10 October 1749 – 24 December 1804) was a Danish-Norwegian botanist, herbalist and zoologist. Biography Martin Vahl was born in Bergen, Norway and attended Bergen Cathedral School. He studied botany at the Univers ...

in 1805. ; species * ''

Haemodorum austroqueenslandicum ''Haemodorum austroqueenslandicum'' is a shrub native to Southeastern Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Austral ...

'' Domin - SE Queensland, NE New South Wales * ''

Haemodorum brevicaule ''Haemodorum brevicaule'' is a perennial herb from 0.025 to 0.3 m tall, in the bloodroot family, the Haemodoraceae, native to northern Australia. It has deep-red to purplish-black flowers which are seen from September to December, and it gro ...

'' F.Muell. - Queensland, Northern Territory, N Western Australia * ''

Haemodorum brevisepalum ''Haemodorum brevisepalum'' is a shrub in the Haemodoraceae family, native to southwestern Western Australia. It was first described in 1873 by George Bentham. References

Haemodorum, brevisepalum Angiosperms of Western Australia Taxa na ...

'' Benth. - SW Western Australia * ''

Haemodorum coccineum ''Haemodorum coccineum'' (bunyagutjagutja,Bula’bula Arts Aboriginal Corporation (2013) at http://www.bulabula-arts.com/Site/our-art/aboriginal-fibre-art.html. Accessed 2 September 2013 bloodroot,Wrigley, J.W. and Fagg, M. 2007 Australian Native ...

'' R.Br. - New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory * ''

'' Vahl - New South Wales * ''

Haemodorum discolor ''Haemodorum discolor'' is a shrub native to southwestern Australia. References discolor Angiosperms of Western Australia Plants described in 1987 Taxa named by Terry Desmond Macfarlane {{Commelinales-stub ...

'' T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australia * ''

Haemodorum distichophyllum ''Haemodorum distichophyllum'', also known as the Moorland Bloodroot, is a plant in the Haemodoraceae (blood root) family, native to Tasmania. It was first described by William Jackson Hooker in 1852, from a specimen collected at Macquarie Ha ...

'' Hook. - Tasmania * ''

Haemodorum ensifolium ''Haemodorum ensifolium'' is a shrub native to northwestern Australia. References ensifolium Flora of the Northern Territory Angiosperms of Western Australia Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller {{Commelinales-stub ...

'' F.Muell. - NW Northern Territory, N Western Australia * ''

Haemodorum gracile ''Haemodorum gracile'' is a plant in the Haemodoraceae (blood root) family, native to Western Australia, and was first described by Terry Desmond Macfarlane in 1987. It is a bulbous perennial herb, growing from 0.4-0.65 m high, on sands and ...

'' T.D.Macfarl. - N Western Australia * ''

Haemodorum laxum ''Haemodorum laxum'' is a plant in the Haemodoraceae (blood root) family, native to Western Australia, and was first described by Robert Brown in 1810. It is a perennial, herb, growing from 0.6-1.4 m high. References laxum Flora of W ...

'' R.Br. - SW Western Australia * ''

Haemodorum loratum ''Haemodorum'' is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae, first described as a genus in 1798 by James Edward Smiith.Haemodorum paniculatum ''Haemodorum'' is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae, first described as a genus in 1798 by James Edward Smiith.Haemodorum parviflorum ''Haemodorum'' is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae, first described as a genus in 1798 by James Edward Smiith.Haemodorum planifolium ''Haemodorum planifolium'' is a shrub native to southeastern Australia. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15343223 planifolium Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland ...

'' R.Br. - SE Queensland, New South Wales * ''

Haemodorum simplex ''Haemodorum simplex'' is a plant in the Haemodoraceae (blood root) family, native to the south west of Western Australia, and was first described by John Lindley in 1840. It is a perennial herb, growing from 0.2-0.65 m high, on clayey and ...

'' Lindl. - SW Western Australia * '' Haemodorum simulans'' F.Muell. - SW Western Australia * '' Haemodorum sparsiflorum'' F.Muell. - SW Western Australia * '' Haemodorum spicatum'' R.Br. - SW Western Australia * '' Haemodorum tenuifolium'' A.Cunn. ex Benth. - SE Queensland, NE New South Wales * '' Haemodorum venosum'' T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australia ; formerly included moved to ''

Hagenbachia ''Hagenbachia'' is a genus of plants in the Agavoideae. It is native to Central America and South America.Cruden, R. W. 1987. ''Hagenbachia'', a misplaced genus of New World Liliaceae. Nordic J. Bot. 7: 255–260. #''Hagenbachia brasiliensis ...

'' * ''Haemodorum brasiliense -

Hagenbachia brasiliensis ''Hagenbachia'' is a genus of plants in the Agavoideae. It is native to Central America and South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small po ...

'' - Brazil

Phylogeny

Comparison of homologous DNA has increased the understanding of the phylogenetic relationships between the genera in the Haemodoroideae subfamily. The following tree represents those insights.

References

Commelinales genera {{Commelinales-stub