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genus Bromelia L.

(subfam. Bromelioideae)

Publ: Species plantarum, ed. 1 285 (1753)

Type: Bromelia karatas Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 285. 1753.

Number of species: 72
   and 5 infraspecific taxa
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Genus Notes:

Fam. pl. 2: 67, 527. Jul-Aug 1763, nom. illeg. non Bromelia L., Sp. pl.: 285. 1 Mai 1753.
Type Bromelia spicata Lam., Encycl. 1: 146. 2 Dec 1783. Pitcairnia spicata (Lam.) Mez in C. DC., Monogr. phan. 9: 392. Jan 1896. The genus Bromelia Adanson does not have the same circumscription as that of Bromelia Linnaeus. Currently considered a synonym of Pitcairnia.
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)