Bromeliaceae
Sign in to saveThe 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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The Bromeliaceae are a large family of flowering plants with about 3,700 species, including popular houseplants like pineapples and ornamental bromeliads, found mainly in tropical regions of the Americas and one species in west Africa. These plants are notable for their diversity and widespread cultivation, making them ecologically and economically significant across tropical and subtropical regions.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyBromeliaceae
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16 sectionsContents
- 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.