genus Neoregelia L.B.Sm.

Literature references:

Smith & Downs 1979: 1533 Wendt 2010: 40

Comments:

• Key to Subgenera of Neoregelia
  1. Petals free; pedicels usually obscure (distinct in N. aculeatosepala) and merging with the slender ovaries. Amazon Basin. subgen 1. Hylaeaicum.
  1. Petals connate; pedicels usually distinct (obscure in N. laevis) and making a sharp contrast with the base of the stout ovary. Eastern Brazil. subgen 2. Neoregelia. —See Smith & Downs 1979