Bromelia 2667906 204631921 2008-04-10T05:41:32Z Rei-bot 3258344 robot Adding: [[pt:Bromelia (género)]] {{Taxobox | name = ''Bromelia'' | image = Bromelia karatas2.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = ''[[Bromelia karatas]]'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Poales]] | familia = [[Bromeliaceae]] | subfamilia = [[Bromelioideae]] | genus = '''''Bromelia''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''''Bromelia''''' is a [[genus]] of tropical [[Americas|American]] plants characterized by [[flower]]s with a deeply cleft calyx, of the family [[Bromeliaceae]], named after the [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[botany|botanist]] Olaf Bromelius (died [[1705]]). It includes the following [[species]]: * ''[[Bromelia alsodes]]'' * ''[[Bromelia alta]]'' * ''[[Bromelia antiacantha]]'' * ''[[Bromelia arenaria]]'' * ''[[Bromelia balansae]]'' * ''[[Bromelia chrysantha]]'' * ''[[Bromelia flemingii]]'' * ''[[Bromelia goeldiana]]'' * ''[[Bromelia goyazensis]]'' * ''[[Bromelia hieronymii]]'' * ''[[Bromelia horstii]]'' * ''[[Bromelia humilis]]'' * ''[[Bromelia karatas]]'' * ''[[Bromelia macedoi]]'' * ''[[Bromelia palmeri]]'' * ''[[Bromelia pinguin]]'' * ''[[Bromelia scarlatina]]'' * ''[[Bromelia serra]]'' * ''[[Bromelia sylvicola]]'' The resistant [[fiber]] obtained from ''B. serra'' and ''B. hieronymi'', both known as [[chaguar]], is an essential component of the economy of the [[Wichí]] tribe in the semi-arid [[Gran Chaco]] region of [[Argentina]]. {{commons|Bromelia|''Bromelia''}} ==Sources== * [http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=bromeliad ''Bromeliad''] on Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary * [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bromelia WordNet Search] * [http://fcbs.org/pictures/Bromelia.htm List of Species] {{bromeliad-stub}} [[Category:Bromeliaceae]] [[cs:Bromélie]] [[de:Bromelia]] [[es:Bromelia]] [[fr:Bromelia]] [[it:Bromelia]] [[lt:Bromelija]] [[nl:Bromelia (geslacht)]] [[no:Bromelia]] [[pl:Bromelia]] [[pt:Bromelia (género)]] [[vi:Chi Dứa gai]]