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 Edit this 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

See text

Species
ImageScientific nameDistribution
Alcantarea benzingii LemeBrazil.
Alcantarea brasiliana (L.B. Smith) J.R. GrantBrazil.
Alcantarea burle-marxii (Leme) J.R. GrantBrazil.
Alcantarea distractila Leme & PaulaBrazil (Minas Gerais)
Alcantarea duarteana (L.B. Smith) J.R. GrantBrazil (Minas Gerais: Planalto de Diamantina).
Alcantarea extensa (L.B. Smith) J.R. Grant
Alcantarea farneyi (Martinelli & A. Costa) J.R. GrantBrazil.
Alcantarea geniculata (Wawra) J.R. GrantBrazil.
Alcantarea glaziouana (Lemaire) LemeBrazil.
Alcantarea heloisae J.R. GrantBrazil.
Alcantarea imperialis (Carrière) HarmsBrazil.
Alcantarea lurida LemeBrazil (Minas Gerais).
Alcantarea nahoumii (Leme) J.R. GrantBrazil.
Alcantarea nevaresii LemeBrazil.
Alcantarea odorata (Leme) J.R. GrantBrazil.
Alcantarea patriae Versieux & WanderleyBrazil.
Alcantarea regina (Vellozo) HarmsBrazil.
Alcantarea roberto-kautskyi LemeBrazil.
Alcantarea tortuosa Versieux & WanderleyBrazil.
Alcantarea turgida Versieux & WanderleyBrazil.
Alcantarea vinicolor (E. Pereira & Reitz) J.R. GrantBrazil.

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