Bromeliaceae

Bromeliaceae
	Pineaiple, a bromeliad
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Faimily:	Bromeliaceae; Juss.
Subfaimiles
	Bromelioideae; Pitcairnioideae; Tillandsioideae;

The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a faimily o monocot flouerin plants o aroond 3,170 species native mainly tae the tropical Americas, wi a few species foond in the American subtropics an ane in tropical wast Africae, Pitcairnia feliciana.^[2] Thay are amang the basal faimilies within the Poales an are unique acause thay are the anly faimily within the order that haes septal nectaries an inferior ovaries.^[3] These inferior ovaries characterize the Bromelioideae, a subfaimily o the Bromeliaceae.^[4] The faimily includes baith epiphytes, such as Spainyie fog (Tillandsia usneoides), an terrestrial species, such as the pineapple (Ananas comosus). Mony bromeliads are able tae store watter in a structure furmed bi thair tichtly-owerlappin leaf bases. However, the faimily is diverse enough tae include the tank bromeliads, grey-leaved epiphyte Tillandsia species that gather watter only frae leaf structures cried trichomes, an a lairge nummer o desert-dwellin succulents.

The lairgest bromeliad is Puya raimondii, which reaches 3–4 m taw in vegetative growth wi a flouer spike 9–10 m tall, an the smawest is Spainyie moss.

Classification

The faimily Bromeliaceae is currently placed in the order Poales.

Subfaimilies

The faimily Bromeliaceae is organized intae three subfaimilies:

Bromelioideae (32 genera, 861 species)
Pitcairnioideae (16 genera, 1030 species)
Tillandsioideae (9 genera, 1277 species)

Genera

Acanthostachys Klotzsch
Aechmea Ruiz & Pav.
Alcantarea
Ananas Mill. — Includes the pineaiple.
Androlepis Brongn. ex Houllet
Araeococcus Brongn.
Billbergia Thunb.
Brewcaria L.B.Sm., Steyerm. & H.Rob
Brocchinia Schult.f.
Bromelia L.
Canistropsis
Canistrum E.Morren
Catopsis Griseb.
Connellia N.E.Br.
Cottendorfia Schult.f.

References

↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, archived frae the original on 25 Mey 2017, retrieved 10 December 2010 Archived 2017-05-25 at Archive-It
↑ Mabberley, D.J. (1997). The Plant Book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
↑ Judd, Walter S. Plant systematics a phylogenetic approach. 3rd ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 2007.
↑ Sajo, M. G. "Floral anatomy of Bromeliaceae, with particular reference to the epigyny and septal nectaries in commelinid monocots." Plant Systematics and Evolution 247 (2004): 215-31.

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[apgiii-1] Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, archived frae the original on 25 Mey 2017, retrieved 10 December 2010 Archived 2017-05-25 at Archive-It

[Mabberley-2] Mabberley, D.J. (1997). The Plant Book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[Judd-3] Judd, Walter S. Plant systematics a phylogenetic approach. 3rd ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 2007.

[Sajo-4] Sajo, M. G. "Floral anatomy of Bromeliaceae, with particular reference to the epigyny and septal nectaries in commelinid monocots." Plant Systematics and Evolution 247 (2004): 215-31.

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