Bromelioideae
Aechmea fasciata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Bromelioideae

Bromelioideae is a subfamily of the bromeliads (Bromeliaceae). This subfamily is the most diverse in the family, represented by the greatest number of genera with about 40.[1] Most of the plants in this group are epiphytes, though some have evolved in, or will adapt to, terrestrial conditions. This subfamily features the most plant types which are commonly cultivated by people, including the pineapple.

Description

The foliage in most bromelioides grows to form a rosette where water is caught and stored. Their leaves are usually spined and they produce berry-like fruits in their blooms. These plants contain an inferior ovary.[2]

Genera

As of November 2022, the Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads listed 39 genera, plus one hybrid genus (×Hohenmea B.R.Silva & L.F.Sousa) and one genus with no species listed, that Plants of the World Online treated as an artificial hybrid genus (×Cryptbergia R.G.Wilson & C.L.Wilson).[1][3] A further genus, Hylaeaicum, was separated from Neoregelia in 2021.[4]

ImageGenusNumber of living species
Acanthostachys2 species
Aechmea255 species
Ananas2 species
Androlepis2 species
Araeococcus9 species
Billbergia64 species
Bromelia56 species
Canistropsis11 species
Canistrum13 species
Cryptanthus63 species
Deinacanthon1 species
Disteganthus2 species
Edmundoa3 species
Eduandrea1 species
Fascicularia1 species
Fernseea2 species
Forzzaea7 species
Greigia33 species
Hylaeaicum12 species[4]
Hohenbergia56 species
Hohenbergiopsis1 species
Hoplocryptanthus (Mez) Leme, S.Heller & Zizka9 species
Karawata J.R.Maciel & G.Sousa7 species
Lapanthus Louzada & Versieux2 species
Lymania9 species
Neoglaziovia3 species
Neoregelia112 species
Nidularium45 species
Ochagavia4 species
Orthophytum53 species
Portea9 species
Pseudaechmea1 species
Pseudaraeococcus6 species
Quesnelia20 species
Rokautskyia14 species
Ronnbergia14 species
Sincoraea Ule11 species
Ursulaea2 species
Wittrockia6 species
Wittmackia Meze44 species

References

  1. 1 2 Gouda, E.J.; Butcher, D.; Gouda, C.S. (2022). "subfam. Bromelioideae Reichnb." Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads. Utrecht University Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  2. Smith, L. B.; Till, W. (1998), Kubitzki, Klaus (ed.), "Bromeliaceae", Flowering Plants · Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 74–99, doi:10.1007/978-3-662-03531-3_8#citeas, ISBN 978-3-662-03531-3, retrieved 2023-08-30
  3. Cryptbergia R.G.Wilson & C.L.Wilson". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  4. 1 2 Leme, Elton M. C.; Zizka, Georg; Paule, Juraj; Aguirre-Santoro, Julián; Heller, Sascha; Ramírez-Morillo, Ivón M.; Halbritter, Heidemarie; Mariath, Jorge E. A.; Carvalho, Jordano D. T. De & Forzza, Rafaela C. (2021). "Re-evaluation of the Amazonian Hylaeaicum (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) based on neglected morphological traits and molecular evidence". Phytotaxa. 499 (1): 1–60. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.499.1.1. S2CID 235568878.


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