Family · Monocots
Bromeliaceae
Bromeliads, pineapple
Bromeliads: mostly tropical American herbs, many epiphytes forming water-holding rosettes.
- Accepted species
- 3,787accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 81accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈32 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
Open Bromeliaceae in the treePan, zoom and dig into its genera in the interactive view.›
Plants you might know
- Pineapple
- Spanish moss
- Tillandsia
- Aechmea
Largest genera
Tillandsia723 spp.
Pitcairnia420 spp.
Aechmea255 spp.
Vriesea243 spp.
Puya236 spp.
Guzmania217 spp.
Dyckia192 spp.
Neoregelia116 spp.
Navia100 spp.
Hechtia99 spp.
Werauhia99 spp.
Racinaea89 spp.
Bromelia75 spp.
Orthophytum66 spp.
Cryptanthus65 spp.
Billbergia63 spp.
Hohenbergia56 spp.
Wittmackia47 spp.
Alcantarea46 spp.
Nidularium46 spp.
Greigia43 spp.
Encholirium38 spp.
Stigmatodon38 spp.
Lindmania36 spp.
Fosterella34 spp.
Quesnelia25 spp.
Ronnbergia23 spp.
Catopsis22 spp.
Brocchinia20 spp.
Cipuropsis16 spp.
Deuterocohnia16 spp.
Canistrum14 spp.
Rokautskyia14 spp.
Hylaeaicum12 spp.
Sincoraea11 spp.
Canistropsis10 spp.
Hoplocryptanthus10 spp.
Lymania10 spp.
Portea9 spp.
Steyerbromelia9 spp.
Forzzaea8 spp.
Karawata7 spp.
Lemeltonia7 spp.
Pseudaraeococcus7 spp.
Connellia6 spp.
Wittrockia6 spp.
Bakerantha5 spp.
Barfussia5 spp.
Wallisia5 spp.
Araeococcus4 spp.
Disteganthus4 spp.
Gregbrownia4 spp.
Lutheria4 spp.
Ochagavia4 spp.
Acanthostachys3 spp.
Androlepis3 spp.
Edmundoa3 spp.
Neoglaziovia3 spp.
Niduregelia3 spp.
Orthocryptanthus3 spp.
The 21 smaller genera are in the interactive tree.
Where it grows
- Southern America3,419
- Northern America489
- Africa1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Bromeliaceae sits in the order Poales.