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"Bromeliad" redirects here. For the trilogy of children's books, see The Bromeliad.

iBromeliaceae
Image:Pineapple1.JPG pineapple, one of the member of the Bromeliaceae family
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Bromeliaceae Juss.
Subfamiles
Bromeloideae Pitcairnoideae Tillandsioideae

Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) is a large family of flowering plants native to the tropical and warm temperate New World. The family includes both epiphytes, such as Spanish moss Tillandsia usneoides, and ground plants, such as the Pineapple Ananas comosus. Christopher Columbus was the first European to come into contact with the pineapple and took it back to Europe after his first voyage. Many bromeliads are able to store water in a "tank" formed by their tightly-overlapping leaf bases. However, the family is diverse enough to include the tank bromeliads, grey-leaved epiphytic Tillandsia species which gather water only from leaf structures called trichomes, and even a large number of desert-dwelling succulents.

The largest bromeliad is Puya raimondii, which reaches 3-4 m tall in vegetative growth with a flower spike 9-10 m tall, and the smallest is probably Spanish moss.

Contents 1 Genera 2 Images of bromeliads 3 Cultivation and uses 4 External links

[edit] Genera

Abromeitiella Mez Acanthostachys Klotzsch Aechmea Ruiz & Pav. Ananas Mill. - Includes the pineapple. Andrea Mez Androlepis Brongn ex Houllet Araeococcus Brongn Ayensua L.B.Sm. Billbergia Thunb. Brewcaria L.B.Sm., Steyerm. & H.Rob Brocchinia Schult.f. Bromelia L. Canistrum E.Morren Catopsis Griseb. Connellia N.E.Br. Cottendorfia Schult.f. Cryptanthus Otto & A.Dietr. Deuterocohnia Mez Disteganthus Lem. Dyckia Schult.f. Encholirium Mart. ex Schult.f. Fascicularia Mez Fernseea Baker Fosterella L.B.Sm. Glomeropitcairnia Mez Greigia Regel Guzmania Ruiz & Pav. Hechtia Klotzsch Hohenbergia Schult.f.

Hohenbergiopsis L.B.Sm. & Read Lindmania Mez Lymania Read Mezobromelia L.B.Sm Navia Schult.f. Neoglaziovia Mez Neoregelia L.B.Sm. Nidularium Lem. Ochagavia Phil. Orthophytum Beer Pitcairnia L'Her. Portea K. Koch Pseudaechmea L.B.Sm. & Read Pseudananas Hassl. ex Harms Puya Molina Quesnelia Gaudich. Ronnbergia E.Morren & Andre Steyerbromelia L.B.Sm Streptocalyx Beer Tillandsia L. Vriesia Lindl. Werauhia J.R.Grant Wittrockia Lindm.

[edit] Images of bromeliads

[edit] Cultivation and uses

Only one bromeliad, the pineapple Ananas comosus, is a commercially important food crop. Many other bromeliads are popular ornamental plants, grown as both garden and house plants.

[edit] External links

• LUTHER, H. E. (2002) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida, USA. Published by The Bromeliad Society International.
• Bromeliaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Published by Delta-intkey (2002-06-18)
• The Bromeliad Society International
• Puya raimondii photos

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