Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Lock, J.M. & Diniz, M.A. (2010) Bromeliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2)
Herbs or subshrubs, mostly epiphytic, less often terrestrial. Leaves usually stiff, numerous, overlapping, borne in rosettes, sometimes saw-toothed.. Flowers mostly actinomorphic and bisexual. Inflorescence a raceme, spike, head or branched panicle. Sepals 3; petals 3; each sometimes with ligules or scales at the base. Stamens 6. Ovary superior or inferior, 3-locular; ovules many. Fruit a berry or capsule. Worldwide: 59 genera and 2400 species in tropical America (1 species: Pitcairnia feliciana (A. Chev.) Harms & Mildbr. occurs in W Africa) Uganda: 1 cultivated genus and 1 cultivated taxon. |
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