Bromeliaceae
Bromeliaceae Juss. (1789)
Exclusively American monocot family (except one African species), comprising over 3,500 species distributed from the southeastern United States to southern Chile. Includes epiphytic, terrestrial, and rupicolous plants adapted to extreme conditions, from tropical rainforests to deserts and high-altitude páramos. Characterized by rosettes with modified leaves forming cisterns for water and nutrient collection.
Abromeitiella
Abromeitiella
Genus of terrestrial and rupicolous bromeliads forming dense cushions of tiny rosettes. Endemic to the Andes of Bolivia and Argentina, it grows on rocky outcrops and stony slopes between 2,500 and 4,200 m a.s.l. Its rigid, spiny leaves form compact cushions that can reach several meters in diameter over time. Phylogenetically close to Deuterocohnia, with which it shares the subfamily Pitcairnioideae.
Acanthostachys
Acanthostachys
Monospecific genus of terrestrial and epiphytic bromeliads native to South America. Characterized by long, rigid, spiny leaves and a pineapple-like orange-red inflorescence.
Aechmea
Aechmea
Alcantarea
Alcantarea
Genus of giant bromeliads endemic to Brazil, mainly from rocky outcrops (inselbergs) in the Atlantic Forest. Their monumental rosettes can exceed 2 metres in diameter. Formerly classified in Vriesea, it was segregated based on morphological and genetic differences.
Ananas
Ananas
Genus of terrestrial bromeliads native to tropical South America, world-famous for Ananas comosus, the edible pineapple. Their rosettes form central water reservoirs and the characteristic inflorescence produces an edible syncarpous infructescence in cultivated species.
Andrea
Andrea
Araeococcus
Araeococcus
Billbergia
Billbergia
Brocchinia
Brocchinia
Bromelia
Bromelia
Canistropsis
Canistropsis
Canistrum
Canistrum
Catopsis
Catopsis
Cottendorfia
Cottendorfia
Cryptanthus
Cryptanthus
Deuterocohnia
Deuterocohnia
Disteganthus
Disteganthus
Dyckia
Dyckia
Edmundoa
Edmundoa
Encholirium
Encholirium