Meaning | A family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance. |
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Synonyms | Bromeliaceae, pineapple family |
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Member of | Xyridales, order Xyridales, Commelinales, order Commelinales | An order of monocotyledonous herbs |
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Members | Ananas, genus Ananas | A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples) |
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Bromelia | The type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx |
Tillandsia, genus Tillandsia | large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses |
Broader | monocot family, liliopsid family | family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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Spanish | bromeliáceas |
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Catalan | Bromeliaceae |
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