Bromelia
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{{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]].
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==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]
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