Greigia

• 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

  Greigia

• Type

  Type. Bromelia sphacelata Ruiz & Pavon, Fl. Peruv. 3:32. 1802.

• Synonyms

  Hesperogreigia, Bromelia sphacelata Ruiz & Pav.

• Description

  Description - Medium to large, coarse, more or less caulescent herbs. Leaves imbricate along the stem; blades narrowly triangular or linear, partially or completely serrate or serrulate. Scape very short. Inflorescence lateral or central, simple or compound, dense, subglobose. Sepals free or connate, usually symmetric; petals connate, fleshy, usually naked; filaments adnate to the petals; anthers narrow, acute; pollen grains large, spherical, smooth. Fruit fleshy.