The Bromeliaceae are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana.
Neoregelia is a genus of epiphytic flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae, native to South American rainforests. The genus name is for Eduard August von Regel, Director of St. Petersburg Botanic Gardens in Russia (1875–1892).
Cryptanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus name is from the Greek cryptos (hidden) and anthos (flower). The genus formerly had two recognized subgenera: the type subgenus and subgenus HoplocryptanthusMez which has been raised to the separate genus Hoplocryptanthus. All species of this genus are endemic to Brazil. The common name for any Cryptanthus is "Earth star".
Orthophytum is a genus in the plant family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae.
Hoplocryptanthus caracensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described in 1992 as Cryptanthus caracensis.
Rokautskyia exaltata is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described by Harry Edward Luther in 1990 as Cryptanthus exaltatus.
Rokautskyia fernseeoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described by Elton Leme in 1996 as Cryptanthus fernseeoides.
Hoplocryptanthus glaziovii is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described by Carl Christian Mez in 1891 as Cryptanthus glaziovii. It is found in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest ecoregion.
Rokautskyia leuzingerae is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described by Elton Leme in 1999 as Cryptanthus leuzingerae.
Rokautskyia odoratissima is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described by Elton Leme in 1990 as Cryptanthus odoratissimus.
Rokautskyia pseudoglaziovii is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described in 1991 as Cryptanthus pseudoglaziovii. The epithet is also spelt pseudoglazioui.
Rokautskyia roberto-kautskyi is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described by Elton Leme in 1991 as Cryptanthus roberto-kautskyi.
Rokautskyia whitmanii is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described by Elton Leme in 1994 as Cryptanthus whitmanii.
Hoplocryptanthus schwackeanus is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described by Carl Christian Mez in 1891 as Cryptanthus schwackeanus.
Hylaeaicum is a genus of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to tropical northern South America. The taxon was first described by Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule in 1935 as a subgenus of "Aregelia". It was later treated as a subgenus of Neoregelia, before being raised to a full genus in 2021, a status accepted by both Plants of the World Online and the Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads.
Hoplocryptanthus lavrasensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described in 2007 by Elton Leme as Cryptanthus lavrasensis.
Hoplocryptanthus regius is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described in 2007 by Elton Leme as Cryptanthus regius.
Rokautskyia sanctaluciae is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described in 2008 as Cryptanthus sanctaluciae.
Hoplocryptanthus tiradentesensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil. It was first described by Leme in 2007 as Cryptanthus tiradentesensis.
Rokautskyia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to eastern Brazil. The genus was first established in 2017, and is placed in subfamily Bromelioideae.
