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Bromeliaceae

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Bromeliaceae

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Also known as bromeliads

The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana.

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Bromeliaceae is a family of plants within the order Poales, class Liliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The taxon was described by Juss. in 1789 and is currently accepted. Common names for the family include Bromeliads, Bromeliengewächse, and bromeliovité. The type genus is Bromelia.

Members of this family are monocots that grow on the ground or as epiphytes, with some species reaching heights of over 10 meters. They utilize CAM photosynthesis. The family includes plants used for ornamental purposes, as well as those cultivated for fruit, such as the pineapple (*Ananas comosus*), or for fiber.

Records for Bromeliaceae exist in various databases, including 752,897 occurrences in GBIF and 2,547 records in iDigBio, the latter primarily from institutions in Mexico. The family is referenced by 3,391 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Encyclopedia of Life, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Bromeliaceae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyBromeliaceae
Observations recorded752,897

凤梨科（学名：Bromeliaceae）为单子叶植物禾本目的一科，多于地面生长或附生，有者可高达10米以上，部分作为观赏花卉，也有用于生产水果（菠萝；Ananas comosus）或纤维的。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,547
With media
1,006
Family
Bromeliaceae
Collections
STDOM, INECOL, FC-UNAM, ECOSUR
Recorded in
Mexico
iDigBio →

Research

1,548 papers

via PubMed

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Evolution
  • Radiation of Tillandsioideae and ''Hechtia''
  • Evolution of the Bromelioideae
  • Classification
  • Subfamilies
  • Genera
  • Hybrid genera
  • Gallery
  • Distribution and habitat
  • Ecology
  • Cultivation and uses
  • Collectors
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana.

It is among the basal families within the Poales and is the only family within the order that has septal nectaries and inferior ovaries. These inferior ovaries characterize the Bromelioideae, a subfamily of the Bromeliaceae. The family includes both epiphytes, such as Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), and terrestrial species, such as the pineapple (Ananas comosus). Many bromeliads, colloquially called "tank bromeliads", are able to store water in a structure (a "tank") formed by their tightly overlapping leaf bases. However, the family is diverse enough to include the tank bromeliads, grey-leaved epiphyte Tillandsia species that gather water only from leaf structures called trichomes, and many desert-dwelling succulents.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bromeliaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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