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Staples, G.W. & Herbst, D.R. (2005) A Tropical Garden Flora; plants cultivated in the Hawaiian islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Epiphytes, usually without stems, offsets usually present. Leaves in dense rosettes; margins usually spiny. Inflorescence branched or not; stalk usually well developed; bracts colourful and persistent. Flowers in ranks, whorled or in random order. Fruit a fleshy coloured berry. Worldwide: C. 170 species throughout Central and South America and the Caribbean. Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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| comata (Gaudich.) Baker | |
| mexicana Baker |
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