Bromeliaceae

Table of contents 1 Placement 2 Synonyms and common names 3 Text 4 References 5 Children

Placement

Kingdom Plantae

Division Magnoliophyta -- angiosperms, flowering plants

Class Liliopsida -- monocotyledons

Order Bromeliales

Family Bromeliaceae

Synonyms and common names

Text

Bromeliads include epiphytes, such as Spanish moss, and ground plants, such as the pineapple. Many bromeliads have a "cup" formed by their tightly-overlapping leaves, in which they store water. However, the family is diverse enough to include the cup-type epiphytes, grey-leaved Tillandsias (which gather water only from leaf structures called trichomes[?]), and even a large number of desert-dwelling succulents[?].

The largest bromeliad is Puya raimondii[?] (growing way too tall for your backyard), and the smallest is probably Tillandsia usneoides, or 'Spanish moss'.

References

http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/bromelia.htm
as of 2002-06-18
| Bromeliad Society International (http://www.bsi.org/)

Children

• Abromeitiella
• Acanthostachys[?]
• Aechmea[?]
• Ananas
• Androlepis[?]
• Araeococcus[?]
• Ayensua[?]
• Billbergia[?]
• Brewcaria[?]
• Brocchinia[?]
  • reducta
• Bromelia[?]
• Canistrum[?]
• Catopsis[?]
• Chevaliera[?]
• Connellia[?]
• Cottendorfia[?]
• Cryptanthus[?]
• Deinacanthon[?]
• Deuterocohnia[?]
• Disteganthus[?]
• Dyckia[?]
• Encholirium[?]
• Fascicularia[?]
• Fernseea[?]
• Fosterella[?]
• Glomeropitcairnia[?]
• Greigia[?]
• Guzmania[?]
• Hechtia[?]
• Hohenbergia[?]
• Hohenbergiopsis[?]
• Lamprococcus[?]
• Lindmania[?]
• Lymania[?]
• Macrochordion[?]
• Mezobromelia[?]
• Navia[?]
• Neoglaziovia[?]
• Neoregelia[?]
• Nidularium[?]
• Ochagavia[?]
• Ortgiesia[?]
• Orthophytum[?]
• Pepinia[?]
• Pitcairnia[?]
• Platyaechmea[?]
• Podaechmea[?]
• Portea[?]
• Pseudaechmea[?]
• Pseudananas[?]
• Puya[?]
• Quesnelia[?]
• Ronnbergia[?]
• Steyerbromelia[?]
• Streptocalyx[?]
• Tillandsia
• Vriesia[?]
• Wittrockia[?]