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Bromelia

The genus Bromelia is in the family Bromeliaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Bromelia

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Bromelia agavifolia Brongn. ex Houllet Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia alsodes H.St.John Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia alta L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia antiacantha Bertol. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia araujoi P.J.Braun, Esteves & Scharf Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia arenaria Ule Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia arubaiensis Ibisch & R.Vásquez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia auriculata L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia balansae Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia binotii E.Morren ex Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia braunii Leme & Esteves Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia charlesii P.J.Braun, Esteves & Scharf Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia chrysantha Jacq. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia eitenorum L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia epiphytica L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia estevesii Leme Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia exigua Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia flemingii I.Ramírez & Carnevali Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia fosteriana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia fragilis L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia glaziovii Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia goeldiana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia goyazensis Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia grandiflora Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia granvillei L.B.Sm. & Gouda Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia gurkeniana E.Pereira & Moutinho Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia hemisphaerica Lam. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia hieronymi Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia horstii Rauh Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia humilis Jacq. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia ignaciana R.Vásquez & Ibisch Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia interior L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia irwinii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia karatas L. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia laciniosa Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia lagopus Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia legrellae (E.Morren) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia lindevaldae Leme & Esteves Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia macedoi L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia minima Leme & Esteves Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia morreniana (Regel) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia nidus-puellae (André) André ex Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia oliveirae L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia palmeri Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia pinguin L. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia poeppigii Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia redoutei (Baker) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia regnellii Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia reversacantha Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia rondoniana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia scarlatina (Henriq. ex Linden) E.Morren ex C.H.Morren Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia serra Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia superba Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia sylvicola S.Moore Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia tarapotina Ule Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia trianae Mez Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia tubulosa L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia urbaniana (Mez) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Bromelia villosa Mez Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 192 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Bromelia. Of these 59 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 11 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Bromelia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 192 species names for the genus Bromelia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 59 30.7%
Synonym 124 64.6%
Unplaced 4 2.1%
Unassessed 5 2.6%

All names

The status of the 203 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Bromelia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 59 29.1%
Synonym 135 66.5%
Unplaced 4 2.0%
Unassessed 5 2.5%

Of these names,

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 192 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Bromelia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 59 94 0 0 153 79.7%
Medium confidence 0 29 0 0 29 15.1%
Low confidence 0 1 4 5 10 5.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Bromelia, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 29 0 5 0 34 17.7%
WCSP 59 95 4 0 1 159 82.8%