View source for Bromeliaceae

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|accepted_name=Bromeliaceae
|accepted_authority=A. L. Jussieu
|publications=
|common_names=Bromeliad or Pineapple Family
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Bromeliaceae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Bromeliaceae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 286
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, terrestrial, among or on rocks, or epiphytic. <b>Roots</b> usually present, often poorly developed in epiphytic taxa. <b>Stems</b> very short to very elongate. <b>Leaves</b> usually spirally arranged, forming water-impounding rosette, occasionally lax and/or 2-ranked, simple, margins serrate or entire, trichomes nearly always covering surface, peltate, water-absorbing. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or lateral, sessile to scapose, simple or compound; bracts usually present, conspicuous. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual or functionally unisexual, radially symmetric to slightly bilaterally symmetric; perianth in 2 distinct sets of 3; stamens in 2 series of 3; ovary inferior or superior; placentation axile. <b>Fruits</b> capsules or berries. <b>Seeds</b> plumose, winged, or unappendaged.</span><!--

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|distribution=Widely distributed in the Neotropics (1 species in West Africa).
|discussion=<p>Bromeliaceae contain three subfamilies: Bromelioideae, Pitcairnioideae, and Tillandsioideae. Generic circumscriptions are problematic, especially in parts of the Bromelioideae and Tillandsioideae.</p><!--
--><p>Pineapple, Ananas comosus (Linnaeus) Merrill, the only agriculturally important member of the family, is in worldwide cultivation in tropical climates. Horticultural interest in bromeliads is widespread among the public; the Bromeliad Society, Inc. caters to that interest.</p><!--
--><p>Genera 56, species 2600+ (4 genera, 19 species, and 2 natural hybrids in the flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=brown1989b
|text=Brown, G. K. and A. J. Gilmartin. 1989. Chromosome numbers in Bromeliaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 76: 657--665.
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|id=brown1989c
|text=Brown, G. K. and A. J. Gilmartin. 1989b. Stigma types in Bromeliaceae---A systematic survey. Syst. Bot. 14: 110--132.
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|id=brown1992a
|text=Brown, G. K. and R. G. Terry. 1992. Petal appendages in Bromeliaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 79: 1051--1071.
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|id=smith1974a
|text=Smith, L. B. and R. J. Downs. 1974. Pitcairnioideae. In: Organization for Flora Neotropica. 1968+. Flora Neotropica. 75+ nos. New York. No. 14(1).
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|id=smith1977b
|text=Smith, L. B. and R. J. Downs. 1977. Tillandsioideae. In: Organization for Flora Neotropica. 1968+. Flora Neotropica. 75+ nos. New York. No. 14(2).
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|id=smith1979a
|text=Smith, L. B. and R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae. In: Organization for Flora Neotropica. 1968+. Flora Neotropica. 75+ nos. New York. No. 14(3).
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf margins spinose; flowers functionally unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants; seeds narrowly winged to almost wingless, plumose
|[[Hechtia|Hechtia]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf margins entire; flowers bisexual (in flora) or functionally unisexual; seeds not winged, plumose appendages basal or apical.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Inflorescences 2-ranked, 1–50(–200)-flowered
|[[Tillandsia|Tillandsia]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Inflorescences many-ranked, 5–many-flowered.
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Floral bracts broad, conspicuous, mostly obscuring rachis, flowers laxly to densely arranged
|[[Guzmania|Guzmania]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Floral bracts small, inconspicuous, not obscuring rachis, flowers laxly arranged
|[[Catopsis|Catopsis]]
|}
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name=Bromeliaceae
|author=Harry E. Luther;Gregory K. Brown
|authority=A. L. Jussieu
|rank=family
|parent rank=
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Bromeliaceae
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
|distribution=Widely distributed in the Neotropics (1 species in West Africa).
|reference=brown1989b;brown1989c;brown1992a;smith1974a;smith1977b;smith1979a
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|publication year=
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