Bromelia

Taxobox
name = "Bromelia"


image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Bromelia karatas"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Bromeliaceae
subfamilia = Bromelioideae
genus = "Bromelia"
genus_authority = L.

"Bromelia" is a genus of tropical American plants characterized by flowers with a deeply cleft calyx, of the family Bromeliaceae, named after the Swedish botanist Olaf Bromelius (died 1705). It includes the following species:

* "Bromelia alsodes"
* "Bromelia alta"
* "Bromelia antiacantha"
* "Bromelia arenaria"
* "Bromelia balansae"
* "Bromelia chrysantha"
* "Bromelia flemingii"
* "Bromelia goeldiana"
* "Bromelia goyazensis"
* "Bromelia hieronymii"
* "Bromelia horstii"
* "Bromelia humilis"
* "Bromelia karatas"
* "Bromelia macedoi"
* "Bromelia palmeri"
* "Bromelia pinguin"
* "Bromelia scarlatina"
* "Bromelia serra"
* "Bromelia sylvicola"

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.

ources

* [http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=bromeliad "Bromeliad"] on Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
* [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bromelia WordNet Search]
* [http://fcbs.org/pictures/Bromelia.htm List of Species]