Neoregelia

• 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

  Neoregelia

• Type

  Type. Billbergia meyendorffii Regel, Bot. Zeitung 15: 713. 1857.

• Synonyms

  Regelia, Billbergia meyendorffii Regel

• Description

  Description - Leaves densely rosulate, usually spinose-serrate; sheaths usually large and distinct; blades from rounded and apiculate to long-attenuate. Scape short, completely enclosed. Inflorescence central, sunk in the center of the rosette, simple in most species, very densely capitiform, umbellate or corymbose. Flowers perfect, pedicellate. Sepals asymmetric; petal-blades spreading, acuminate, violet, blue, white or rarely red; stamens and pistil included.