Alcantarea

Alcantarea (named for Dom Pedro d'Alcântara, second Emperor of Brazil)[1] is related to the genus Vriesea of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae.

Alcantarea
Flowering Alcantarea imperialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Alcantarea
(É.Morren ex Mez) Harms
Species

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Species

References

  1. "Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
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