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The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a faimily o monocotflouerin plants o aroond 3,170 species native mainly tae the tropicalAmericas, wi a few species foond in the American subtropics an ane in tropical wast Africae, Pitcairnia feliciana.[2] Thay are amang the basal faimilies within the Poales an are unique acause thay are the anly faimily within the order that haes septal nectaries an inferior ovaries.[3] These inferior ovaries characterize the Bromelioideae, a subfaimily o the Bromeliaceae.[4] The faimily includes baith epiphytes, such as Spainyie fog (Tillandsia usneoides), an terrestrial species, such as the pineapple (Ananas comosus). Mony bromeliads are able tae store watter in a structure furmed bi thair tichtly-owerlappin leaf bases. However, the faimily is diverse enough tae include the tank bromeliads, grey-leaved epiphyte Tillandsia species that gather watter only frae leaf structures cried trichomes, an a lairge nummer o desert-dwellin succulents.
The lairgest bromeliad is Puya raimondii, which reaches 3–4 m taw in vegetative growth wi a flouer spike 9–10 m tall, an the smawest is Spainyie moss.
↑Judd, Walter S. Plant systematics a phylogenetic approach. 3rd ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 2007.
↑Sajo, M. G. "Floral anatomy of Bromeliaceae, with particular reference to the epigyny and septal nectaries in commelinid monocots." Plant Systematics and Evolution 247 (2004): 215-31.
