An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions/Bromeliaceae

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An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions
Nathaniel Lord Britton & Addison Brown

second edition
Subkingdom Spermatophyta
Class 2. Angiospermae
Sub-class 1. Monocotyledones
Family 17. Bromeliaceae (Pine-Apple Family)

Commelinaceae

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1188589An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions — second edition
Subkingdom Spermatophyta
Class 2. Angiospermae
Sub-class 1. Monocotyledones
Family 17. Bromeliaceae (Pine-Apple Family)Nathaniel Lord Britton & Addison Brown

Family 17. Bromeliaceae J. St. Hil. Expos. Fam. 1: 122. 1805.
Pine-Apple Family.

Epiphytic herbs (some tropical species terrestrial), mostly scurfy, with elongated entire or spinulose-serrate leaves. Flowers spiked, panicled, or solitary, regular and perfect, usually conspicuously bracted. Perianth of 3 thin distinct or somewhat united sepals, and 3 clawed distinct or united petals. Stamens 6, usually inserted on the base of the corolla. Ovary inferior or superior, 3-celled; ovules numerous in each cell, anatropous ; style short or elongated ; stigmas 3. Capsule 3-valved in our species. Seeds numerous, the testa membranous. Embryo small, situated at the base of the copious endosperm.

About 35 genera and 900 species, all natives of tropical and subtropical America.