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Bromeliads include epiphytes, such as Spanish moss, and ground plants, such as the Pineapple. Many bromeliads have a "tank" formed by their tightly-overlapping leaves, in which they store water. However, the family is diverse enough to include the tank bromeliads, grey-leaved epiphytic Tillandsia species which gather water only from leaf structures called trichomes, and even a large number of desert-dwelling succulents.

The largest bromeliad is Puya raimondii, which reaches 3 m tall in vegetative growth with a flower spike 9-10 m tall, and the smallest is probably Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides.

Genera

• Abromeitiella
• Acanthostachys
• Aechmea
• Ananas
• Androlepis
• Araeococcus
• Ayensua
• Billbergia
• Brewcaria
• Brocchinia
  • B. reducta
• Bromelia
• Canistrum
• Catopsis
• Chevaliera
• Connellia
• Cottendorfia
• Cryptanthus
• Deinacanthon
• Deuterocohnia
• Disteganthus
• Dyckia
• Encholirium
• Fascicularia
• Fernseea
• Fosterella
• Glomeropitcairnia
• Greigia
• Guzmania
• Hechtia
• Hohenbergia
• Hohenbergiopsis
• Lamprococcus
• Lindmania
• Lymania
• Macrochordion
• Mezobromelia
• Navia
• Neoglaziovia
• Neoregelia
• Nidularium
• Ochagavia
• Ortgiesia
• Orthophytum
• Pepinia
• Pitcairnia
• Platyaechmea
• Podaechmea
• Portea
• Pseudaechmea
• Pseudananas
• Puya
• Quesnelia
• Ronnbergia
• Steyerbromelia
• Streptocalyx
• Tillandsia
• Vriesia
• Wittrockia

External links

• Bromeliaceae in: Watson, L., and M. J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The Families of Flowering Plants: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, Information Retrieval. http://delta-intkey.com (2002-06-18)
• Bromeliad Society International
• Puya raimondii photos