Bromeliaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Bromeliad or Pineapple Family.
A family of about 56 genera and 2600 species, herbs, shrubs, and trees, of the New World tropics and subtropics (very rarely warm temperate).
References: Luther & Brown (2000a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000); Smith & Till In Kubitzki (1998b). Show full citations.
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