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Monocotyledons / Monocotiledóneas
Bromelia Adanson, 1763
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Statistics of barcoding coverage:
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:23
Specimens with Sequences:27
Specimens with Barcodes:26
Species:9
Species With Barcodes:8
Public Records:17
Public Species:7
Public BINs:0
Bromelia:
Bromelia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. Bromelia species are widespread across much of Latin America and the West Indies,[1] and are characterized by flowers with a deeply cleft calyx. The genus is named after the Swedish medical doctor and botanist Olof Bromelius (1639-1705).
Species[edit]
- Bromelia agavifolia Brongniart ex Houllet - French Guiana
- Bromelia alsodes H. St. John - from Sinaloa south to Nicaragua
- Bromelia alta L.B. Smith - Guyana and Suriname
- Bromelia antiacantha Bertoloni - Brazil, Uruguay
- Bromelia araujoi P.J.Braun, Esteves & Scharf - Maranhão
- Bromelia arenaria Ule - Bahia
- Bromelia arubaiensis P.L. Ibisch & R. Vásquez - Bolivia
- Bromelia auriculata L.B. Smith - Ceará
- Bromelia balansae Mez - Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay
- Bromelia binotii E. Morren ex Mez - Espírito Santo
- Bromelia braunii Leme & E. Esteves - Tocantins
- Bromelia charlesii P.J.Braun, Esteves & Scharf - Bahia
- Bromelia chrysantha Jacquin - Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago
- Bromelia dilatata Esteves, Hofacker & Scharf - Mato Grosso
- Bromelia eitenorum L.B. Smith - Maranhão
- Bromelia epiphytica L.B. Smith - Amazonas of Brazil
- Bromelia estevesii Leme - Piauí
- Bromelia exigua Mez - Goiás
- Bromelia flemingii I. Ramírez & Carnevali - Aragua of Veenzuela
- Bromelia fosteriana L.B. Smith - Suriname
- Bromelia fragilis L.B. Smith - Colombia
- Bromelia glaziovii Mez - Minas Gerais and Goiás
- Bromelia goeldiana L.B. Smith - Venezuela and Brazil
- Bromelia goyazensis Mez - Goiás
- Bromelia grandiflora Mez - Brazil
- Bromelia granvillei L.B. Smith & Gouda - French Guiana
- Bromelia gurkeniana E. Pereira & Moutinho
- var. funchiana E. Pereira & Leme -Bahia
- var. gurkeniana - Pará
- Bromelia hemispherica Lamarck - from Guanajuato south to Panama
- Bromelia hieronymii Mez - Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
- Bromelia horstii Rauh - Mato Grosso
- Bromelia humilis Jacquin - Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Netherlands Antilles
- Bromelia ignaciana R. Vásquez & P.L. Ibisch - Bolivia
- Bromelia interior L.B. Smith - Brazil
- Bromelia irwinii L.B. Smith - Goiás
- Bromelia karatas Linnaeus - West Indies; Latin America from San Luis Potosí + Sinaloa south to Brazil
- Bromelia laciniosa Martius ex Schultes f. - Brazil + Argentina
- Bromelia lagopus Mez - Brazil
- Bromelia legrellae (E. Morren) Mez - Pará
- Bromelia lindevaldae Leme & E. Esteves - Bahia
- Bromelia macedoi L.B. Smith - Goiás
- Bromelia michaelii Esteves, Hofacker & Scharf - Goiás
- Bromelia minima Leme & E. Esteves - Goiás
- Bromelia morreniana (Regel) Mez - northern Brazil
- Bromelia nidus-puellae (André) André ex Mez - Colombia
- Bromelia oliveirae L.B. Smith - Pará
- Bromelia palmeri Mez - from Colima south to Oaxaca
- Bromelia pinguin Linnaeus - West Indies; from Mexico to Ecuador and Suriname; naturalized in Florida
- Bromelia poeppigii Mez - Peru
- Bromelia redoutei (Baker) L.B. Smith - described 1889; origin unknown; probably extinct
- Bromelia regnellii Mez - Brazil
- Bromelia reversacantha Mez - Goiás
- Bromelia rondoniana L.B. Smith - Rondônia
- Bromelia scarlatina (hortus ex Hérincq) E. Morren - Ecuador + Brazil
- Bromelia serra Grisebach - Brazil, French Guiana, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
- Bromelia superba Mez - Jamaica
- Bromelia sylvicola S. Moore - Mato Grosso
- Bromelia tarapotina Ule - Peru
- Bromelia trianae Mez - Colombia
- Bromelia tubulosa L.B. Smith - Venezuela + Brazil
- Bromelia unaensis Leme & Scharf - Bahia
- Bromelia urbaniana (Mez) L.B.Sm. - Paraguay + Argentina
- Bromelia villosa Mez - Bolivia + Brazil
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Cultivation and uses[edit]
The resistant fiber obtained from B. serra and B. hieronymi, both known as chaguar, is an essential component of the economy of the Wichí tribe in the semi-arid Gran Chaco region of Argentina.
References[edit]
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