Alcantarea

Taxobox
name = "Alcantarea"

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image_caption = Flowering "Alcantarea imperialis"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Bromeliaceae
subfamilia = Bromelioideae
genus = "Alcantarea"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =See text

"Alcantarea" (named for Dom Pedro d'Alcântara, second Emperor of Brazil) [ [http://bsi.org/brom_info/genera.html Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology ] ] is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae.

Links

* [http://fcbs.org/pictures/Alcantarea.htm FCBS Alcantarea Photos]

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