Taxon Profile:

	The Plant List
	International Plant Name Index
	Tropicos
	Catalogue of Life
	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
	JSTOR Types
	JSTOR
	BHL
	Encyclopedia of Life
	WikiSpecies
	Google Scholar
	PubMed
	Morphbank
	IUCN
	National Center for Biotechnology Information
	Barcode of Life

Family:

Bromeliaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Common Names:

Bromeliad Family

Description:

Number of genera: 51-59

Number of species: 2100-2400

Distribution (from PLANTAE): All members of this family are indigenous to the Americas with the exception of one species doubtfully native in West Africa. In America the family makes up a conspicuous part of the epiphyte vegetation in monsoon forests, rain forests and mist forests, and terrestrial genera are important in various dry habitats. In the Andes bromeliaceous taxa ascend to 4,000m.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Bromeliaceae: [Book] Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Bromeliaceae: [Book] Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.