Bromeliaceae

Bromelia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 285 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Coarse terrestrial herbs, spreading by underground stolons
Morphology Leaves
Leaves arranged in a stiff, ascending rosette; margins armed with large curved spines
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence scapose or sessile, paniculate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers pedicellate; sepals free or rarely somewhat united, obtuse or acute, rarely mucronulate; petals rather fleshy, with narrow free blades, the basal claws centrally united to the filament-tube but with free margins, unappendaged; stamens included, the anthers narrow and acute; ovary passing gradually into the pedicel, the epigynous tube conspicuous to nearly lacking
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Berry succulent, relatively large; seeds few to many, flattened, naked.
Distribution
A genus of nearly 50 species, widely distributed from Mexico and the West Indies to Argentina.
[Cayman]

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0