Bromeliaceae
This list of genera was made in September 2025 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb), Barfuss et al. 2016, Evans et al. 2015, Givnish et al. 2011, and Gomes-Da-Silva et al. 2019. This list includes only genera present in our herbaria: M and MSB.
| All genera (accepted genera in bold) | Stored under | Synonyms included |
|---|---|---|
| Abromeitiella Mez | Dyckia Schult. & Schult.f. | |
| Acanthostachys Link, Klotzsch & Otto | ||
| Aechmea Ruiz & Pav. | Gravisia Mez, Streptocalyx Beer | |
| Alcantarea (É.Morren ex Mez) Harms (prev. under Vriesea Lindl.) | ||
| Ananas Mill. | Ananassa Lindl. | |
| Araeococcus Brongn. (prev. under Billbergia Thunb.) | ||
| Barfussia Manzan. & W.Till (prev. under Tillandsia L.) | ||
| Billbergia Thunb. | ||
| Brocchinia Schult. & Schult.f. | ||
| Bromelia L. | ||
| Canistropsis (Mez) Leme | ||
| Catopsis Griseb. | ||
| Chirripoa Suess. | Guzmania Ruiz. & Pav. | |
| Cipuropsis Ule. (prev. under Tillandsia L.) | ||
| Connellia N.E.Br. | ||
| Cottendorfia Schult. & Schult.f. | ||
| Cryptanthus Otto & A.Dietr. | ||
| Deuterocohnia Mez | Dyckia Schult. & Schult.f. | |
| Disteganthus Lem. | ||
| Dyckia Schult. & Schult.f. | Abromeitiella Mez, Deuterocohnia Mez, Encholirium Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. | |
| Encholirium Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. | Dyckia Schult. & Schult.f. | |
| Fascicularia Mez | ||
| Fernseea Baker | ||
| Fosterella L.B.Sm. | ||
| Gravisia Mez | Aechmea Ruiz & Pav. | |
| Greigia Regel | ||
| Guzmania Ruiz & Pav. | Chirripoa Suess. | |
| Hechtia Klotzsch | ||
| Hohenbergia Schult. & Schult.f. | ||
| Lemeltonia Barfuss & W.Till (prev. under Tillandsia L.) | ||
| Lindmania Mez | ||
| Lutheria Barfuss & W.Till (prev. under Vriesea Lindl.) | ||
| Navia Schult. & Schult.f. | ||
| Neoglaziovia Mez | ||
| Neoregelia L.B.Sm. | ||
| Nidularium Lem. | ||
| Ochagavia Phil. | ||
| Orthophytum Beer | ||
| Pitcairnia L’Hér. | ||
| Portea Brongn. ex K.Koch | ||
| Puya Molina | ||
| Quesnelia Gaudich. | ||
| Racinaea M.A.Spencer & L.B.Sm. | Tillandsia L. | |
| Ronnbergia É.Morren & André | ||
| Sincoraea Ule (prev. under Orthophytum Beer) | ||
| Stigmatodon Leme, G.K.Br. & Barfuss (prev. under Vriesea Lindl.) | ||
| Streptocalyx Beer | Aechmea Ruiz & Pav. | |
| Tillandsia L. | Racinaea M.A.Spencer & L.B.Sm. | |
| Vriesea Lindl. | ||
| Wallisia (Regel) É.Morren (prev. under Tillandsia L.) | ||
| Werauhia J.R.Grant (prev. under Guzmania Ruiz & Pav., Vriesea Lindl.) | ||
| Wittmackia Mez |
References
- Barfuss, M.H., Till, W., Leme, E.M., Pinzón, J.P., Manzanares, J.M., Halbritter, H., Samuel, R. & Brown, G.K. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Bromeliaceae subfam. Tillandsioideae based on a multi-locus DNA sequence phylogeny and morphology. Phytotaxa 279, 1, 1–97. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.279.1.1
- Evans, T.M., Jabaily, R.S., Gelli de Faria, A.P., de Oliveira F. de Sousa, L., Wendt, T., Brown, G.K. (2015). Phylogenetic Relationships in Bromeliaceae Subfamily Bromelioideae based on Chloroplast DNA Sequence Data. Systematic Botany, 40, 1, 116-128. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1600/036364415X686413
- Givnish, T.J., Barfuss, M.H.J., Van Ee, B., Riina, R., Schulte, K., Horres, R., Gonsiska, P.A., Jabaily, R.S., Crayn, D.M., Smith, J.A.C., Winter, K., Brown, G.K., Evans, T.M., Holst, B.K., Luther, H., Till, W., Zizka, G., Berry, P.E. and Sytsma, K.J. (2011). Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: Insights from an eight-locus plastid phylogeny. American Journal of Botany, 98, 872-895. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000059
- Gomes-Da-Silva, J., Santos-Silva, F., Forzza, R.C. (2019). Does nomenclatural stability justify para/polyphyletic taxa? A phylogenetic classification in the xeric clade Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Systematics and Biodiversity, 17, 5, 467–490. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2019.1646834
- Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].
Foto: Billbergia Thunb. © Ramón Vilalta-Pérez