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genus Portea Brongniart ex C.Koch

(subfam. Bromelioideae)

Publ: Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1856 (App.): 7 (1856)

Type: Portea kermesina Brongniart ex K. Koch, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. for 1856(App. 7): 1857; Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IV. 6: 368. 1857.

Number of species: 8
   and 3 infraspecific taxa
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Genus Notes:

Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., ser. 4, 6: 368. 1856.
Type Portea kermesina K. Koch, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., ser. 4, 6: 368. 1856. Currently recognized in the subfam. Bromelioideae. No name derivation is given, but possibly named for Italian botanist Pietro Port (1832-1923), or from the Latin porta, gate or door.
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)