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Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Lock, J.M. & Diniz, M.A. (2010) Bromeliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2)
Herbs or subshrubs, mostly epiphytic, less often terrestrial. Leaves usually stiff, numerous, overlapping, borne in rosettes, sometimes saw-toothed.. Flowers mostly actinomorphic and bisexual. Inflorescence a raceme, spike, head or branched panicle. Sepals 3; petals 3; each sometimes with ligules or scales at the base. Stamens 6. Ovary superior or inferior, 3-locular; ovules many. Fruit a berry or capsule. Worldwide: 59 genera and 2400 species in tropical America (1 species: Pitcairnia feliciana (A. Chev.) Harms & Mildbr. occurs in W Africa) Zimbabwe: 6 cultivated genera and 7 cultivated taxa. |
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| Genus | Content |
| Aechmea Ruiz & Pav. | Description |
| Alcantarea (É. Morren ex Mez) Harms | |
| Ananas Mill. | Description |
| Billbergia Thunb. | Description |
| Dyckia Schult. f. | |
| Tillandsia L. |
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