Bromelia
Appearance
(Redirected from Bromelias)
Bromelia | |
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Bromelia karatas | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Bromeliaceae |
Subfamily: | Bromelioideae |
Genus: | Bromelia L. |
Type species | |
Bromelia karatas | |
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Bromelia is a genus of about 70 plant species widespread across Latin America and the West Indies.[1] It is the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae, and its type species is B. karatas. Bromelia species are characterized by flowers with a deeply cleft calyx. The genus is named after the Swedish medical doctor and botanist Olof Bromelius (1639-1705).
Species
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Bromelia agavifolia Brongniart ex Houllet | French Guiana | |
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Bromelia alsodes H. St. John | from Sinaloa south to Nicaragua |
Bromelia alta L.B. Smith | Guyana and Suriname | |
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Bromelia antiacantha Bertoloni | Brazil, Uruguay |
Bromelia araujoi P.J.Braun, Esteves & Scharf | Maranhão | |
Bromelia arenaria Ule | Brazil (Bahia) | |
Bromelia arubaiensis P.L. Ibisch & R. Vásquez | Bolivia | |
Bromelia auriculata L.B. Smith | Ceará | |
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Bromelia balansae Mez | Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay |
Bromelia binotii E. Morren ex Mez | Brazil (Espírito Santo) | |
Bromelia braunii Leme & E. Esteves | Tocantins | |
Bromelia charlesii P.J.Braun, Esteves & Scharf | Brazil (Bahia) | |
Bromelia chrysantha Jacquin | Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago | |
Bromelia dilatata Esteves, Hofacker & Scharf | Mato Grosso | |
Bromelia eitenorum L.B. Smith | Maranhão | |
Bromelia epiphytica L.B. Smith | Brazil (Amazonas) | |
Bromelia estevesii Leme | Brazil (Piauí) | |
Bromelia exigua Mez | Brazil (Goiás) | |
Bromelia flemingii I. Ramírez & Carnevali | Aragua of Venezuela | |
Bromelia fosteriana L.B. Smith | Suriname | |
Bromelia fragilis L.B. Smith | Colombia | |
Bromelia glaziovii Mez | Brazil (Minas Gerais and Goiás) | |
Bromelia goeldiana L.B. Smith | Venezuela and Brazil | |
Bromelia goyazensis Mez | Brazil (Goiás) | |
Bromelia grandiflora Mez | Brazil | |
Bromelia granvillei L.B. Smith & Gouda | French Guiana | |
Bromelia gurkeniana E. Pereira & Moutinho | Brazil | |
Bromelia hemisphaerica Lam. | from Guanajuato south to Panama | |
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Bromelia hieronymi Mez | Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina |
Bromelia horstii Rauh | Brazil (Mato Grosso) | |
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Bromelia humilis Jacquin | Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Netherlands Antilles |
Bromelia ignaciana R. Vásquez & P.L. Ibisch | Bolivia | |
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Bromelia interior L.B. Smith | Brazil |
Bromelia irwinii L.B. Smith | Goiás | |
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Bromelia karatas Linnaeus | West Indies; Latin America from San Luis Potosí + Sinaloa south to Brazil |
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Bromelia laciniosa Martius ex Schultes f. | Brazil and Argentina |
Bromelia lagopus Mez | Brazil | |
Bromelia legrellae (E. Morren) Mez | Brazil (Pará) | |
Bromelia lindevaldae Leme & E. Esteves | Brazil (Bahia) | |
Bromelia macedoi L.B. Smith | Brazil (Goiás) | |
Bromelia michaelii Esteves, Hofacker & Scharf | Brazil (Goiás) | |
Bromelia minima Leme & E. Esteves | Brazil (Goiás) | |
Bromelia morreniana (Regel) Mez | northern Brazil | |
Bromelia nidus-puellae (André) André ex Mez | Colombia | |
Bromelia oliveirae L.B. Smith | Brazil (Pará) | |
Bromelia palmeri Mez | from Colima south to Oaxaca | |
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Bromelia pinguin Linnaeus | West Indies; from Mexico to Ecuador and Suriname; naturalized in Florida |
Bromelia poeppigii Mez | Peru | |
Bromelia redoutei (Baker) L.B. Smith | Guatemala. | |
Bromelia regnellii Mez | Brazil | |
Bromelia reversacantha Mez | Brazil (Goiás) | |
Bromelia rondoniana L.B. Smith | Rondônia | |
Bromelia scarlatina (hortus ex Hérincq) E. Morren | Ecuador and Brazil | |
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Bromelia serra Grisebach | Brazil, French Guiana, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina |
Bromelia superba Mez | Jamaica | |
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Bromelia sylvicola S. Moore | Brazil (Mato Grosso) |
Bromelia tarapotina Ule | Peru | |
Bromelia trianae Mez | Colombia | |
Bromelia tubulosa L.B. Smith | Venezuela and Brazil | |
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Bromelia unaensis Leme & Scharf | Brazil (Bahia) |
Bromelia urbaniana (Mez) L.B.Sm. | Paraguay and Argentina | |
Bromelia villosa Mez | Bolivia and Brazil |
Cultivation and uses
[edit]The resistant fiber obtained from B. serra and B. hieronymi, both known as chaguar, is an essential component of the economy of the Wichí tribe in the semi-arid Gran Chaco region of Argentina. An 1841 publication described the fiber of silk grass (Bromelia karata) as "equal in durability to our best bowstrings."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk; Sir William Jardine; Andrew Crichton (1841). The Natural History of the Fishes of Guiana. W. H. Lizars. p. 102.
External links
[edit]Media related to Bromelia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Bromelia at Wikispecies
- List of Species at FCBS
- BSI Genera Gallery photos