Bromelioideae

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

Image Genus Number of living species
Acanthostachys 2 species
Aechmea 255 species
Ananas 2 species
Androlepis 2 species
Araeococcus 9 species
Billbergia 64 species
Bromelia 56 species
Canistropsis 11 species
Canistrum 13 species
Cryptanthus 63 species
Deinacanthon 1 species
Disteganthus 2 species
Edmundoa 3 species
Eduandrea 1 species
Fascicularia 1 species
Fernseea 2 species
Forzzaea 7 species
Greigia 33 species
Hylaeaicum 12 species[4]
Hohenbergia 56 species
Hohenbergiopsis 1 species
Hoplocryptanthus (Mez) Leme, S.Heller & Zizka 9 species
Karawata J.R.Maciel & G.Sousa 7 species
Lapanthus Louzada & Versieux 2 species
Lymania 9 species
Neoglaziovia 3 species
Neoregelia 112 species
Nidularium 45 species
Ochagavia 4 species
Orthophytum 53 species
Portea 9 species
Pseudaechmea 1 species
Pseudaraeococcus 6 species
Quesnelia 20 species
Rokautskyia 14 species
Ronnbergia 14 species
Sincoraea Ule 11 species
Ursulaea 2 species
Wittrockia 6 species
Wittmackia Meze 44 species

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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.[dead link]
  4. ^ a b 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.