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.

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

Description

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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

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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

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  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.