Bromelia is a genus of about 70 plant species widespread across Latin America and the West Indies. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families It is the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae, and its type species is Bromelia karatas. Bromelia species are characterized by with a deeply cleft calyx. The genus is named after the Swedish medical doctor and botanist (1639-1705).
French Guiana |
from Sinaloa south to Nicaragua |
Guyana and Suriname |
Brazil, Uruguay |
Maranhão |
Brazil (Bahia) |
Bolivia |
Ceará |
Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay |
Brazil (Espírito Santo) |
Tocantins |
Brazil (Bahia) |
Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago |
Mato Grosso |
Maranhão |
Brazil (Amazonas) |
Brazil (Piauí) |
Brazil (Goiás) |
Aragua of Venezuela |
Suriname |
Colombia |
Brazil (Minas Gerais and Goiás) |
Venezuela and Brazil |
Brazil (Goiás) |
Brazil |
French Guiana |
Brazil |
from Guanajuato south to Panama |
Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina |
Brazil (Mato Grosso) |
Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Netherlands Antilles |
Bolivia |
Brazil |
Goiás |
West Indies; Latin America from San Luis Potosí + Sinaloa south to Brazil |
Brazil and Argentina |
Brazil |
Brazil (Pará) |
Brazil (Bahia) |
Brazil (Goiás) |
Brazil (Goiás) |
Brazil (Goiás) |
northern Brazil |
Colombia |
Brazil (Pará) |
from Colima south to Oaxaca |
West Indies; from Mexico to Ecuador and Suriname; naturalized in Florida |
Peru |
Guatemala. |
Brazil |
Brazil (Goiás) |
Rondônia |
Ecuador and Brazil |
Brazil, French Guiana, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina |
Jamaica |
Brazil (Mato Grosso) |
Peru |
Colombia |
Venezuela and Brazil |
Brazil (Bahia) |
Paraguay and Argentina |
Bolivia and Brazil |
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