Werauhia

Taxobox
name = "Werauhia"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Werauhia" spp. in Monteverde, Costa Rica
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Bromeliaceae
subfamilia = Tillandsioideae
genus = "Werauhia"

genus_authority = J.R.Grant
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Werauhia" is a genus of epiphytic bromeliads, native to the neotropics. Based on molecular evidence, a number of species previously classified within other bromeliad genera, especially "Vriesia" and "Tillandsia", have been placed in "Werauhia" instead.

Selected species

* "Werauhia capitata"
* "Werauhia gladioliflora"
* "Werauhia greenbergii"
* "Werauhia hygrometrica"
* "Werauhia insignis"
* "Werauhia kupperiana"
* "Werauhia latissima"
* "Werauhia marnier-lapostollei"
* "Werauhia millenia"
* "Werauhia nephrolepis"
* "Werauhia ororiensis"
* "Werauhia ringens"
* "Werauhia sanguinolenta"
* "Werauhia viridiflora"
* "Werauhia werckleana"
* "Werauhia woodsoniana"

External links

* [http://fcbs.org/pictures/Werauhia.htm| "Werauhia" photos at the Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies website]