Greigia

Taxobox
name = "Greigia"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Greigia sphacelata"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Bromeliaceae
subfamilia = Bromelioideae
genus = "Greigia"

"Greigia" is a genus of the plant family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. Greigias are unique among bromeliads in that they do not die after flowering. Instead, they continue to bloom every year from the same rosette [V. Padilla "Bromeliads" (1977), pp.48 Crown Publishers, Inc ISBN:0-517-500450] .

It is named in honor of Major General von Greigia, president of the Russian Horticultural Society in 1865 [ [http://bsi.org/brom_info/genera.html Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology ] ] .

pecies

* "Greigia columbiana"
* "Greigia landbeckii" (Lechl. ex Phil.) F. Phil.
* "Greigia sphacelata" (Ruiz & Pav.) Regel
* "Greigia steyermarkii" L.B. Smith
* "Greigia van-hyningii" L.B. Smith

Cultivars

External links

*http://bsi.org/brom_info/taxonomy.html
*http://fcbs.org/pictures/Greigia.htm

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