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Bromeliaceae

Bromeliaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Bromeliad or Pineapple Family.

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A family of about 56 genera and 2600 species, herbs, shrubs, and trees, of the New World tropics and subtropics (very rarely warm temperate).

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References: Luther & Brown (2000a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000); Smith & Till (1998) In Kubitzki (1998b). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Aidan Campos | Tillandsia source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Tillandsia usneoides | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Guzmania monostachia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Tillandsia flexuosa source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Tillandsia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: tillandsia bartramii, little withlacoochee river swamp, withlacoochee state forest, sumter county, florida 1 by Alan Cressler | Tillandsia source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Tillandsia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Bromelia pinguin, Josie Gut, Reef Bay Trail, Virgin Islands National Park, Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands 1 by Alan Cressler | Bromelia pinguin source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Catopsis berteroniana, on Rhizophora mangle, Nine Mile Pond Canoe Trail, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida 4 by Alan Cressler | Catopsis source | Original Image ⭷

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