Bromelia
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 33: i-v, 1-311.
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Coarse terrestrial herbs, spreading by rhizomes or offsets; leaves usually rosulate, bearing large curved spines along the margins; inflorescence sessile or scapose, always compound; sepals free to half-connate, obtuse to acuminate, rarely mucronate; petals rarely with a definite claw, united into a tube by the filaments but their margins free, without appendages, usually fleshy; stamens included, their filaments forming a tube of various lengths according to the species; epigynous tube conspicuous to nearly lacking; berry succulent, relatively large; seeds few to many, flattened, naked.