Araeococcus

• Authority

  Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (3): 1493-2142. (Published by NYBG Press)

• Family

  Bromeliaceae

• Scientific Name

  Araeococcus

• Type

  Type. Araeococcus micranthus Brongniart, Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 15:370. 1841.

• Synonyms

  Araeococcus micranthus Brongn.

• Description

  Description - Low herbs, mostly epiphytic. Leaves appressed-lepidote. Inflorescence laxly paniculate, scapose. Flowers small, inconspicuous. Sepals free to connate for half their length, rounded, glabrous; petals free, reflexed at anthesis, naked; stamens shorter than the petals; filaments free; anthers longer than the filaments; pollen-grains ellipsoid with a pore at each end; ovary terete, glabrous; epigynous tube none; style longer than the petals, the stigma-lobes scarcely twisted; ovules few (up to 10), borne at the top of the cell, long-caudate. Seeds narrowly ovoid-cylindric, acute at both ends.