genus Araeococcus Brongn. |
(subfam. Bromelioideae)Publ: Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, 15: 370 (1841)
Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., ser. 2, 15: 370. 1841.
Type Araeococcus micranthus Brongn., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., ser. 2, 15: 370. 1841. Currently recognized in the subfam. Bromelioideae. From the Greek araios, thin, and the Latin coccum, berry.
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)