Brewcaria (brew-car’ea) – Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; there are only two species of Brewcaria, related to Encholirium and widespread in the Guayana Highlands.
Ayensua (a-yen’su-a) – Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; there is only one species that exists which is deciduous and of little interest to horticulturists except as a curiosity.
Abromeitiella (a-brom-eye-ti-el’a) – Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; the Abromeitiella bromeliad consists of four species, found growing in dense mats on rocks in hot dry areas of Bolivia and Argentina.
At your garden center you will see these small grey-leaved plants attached to shells, coral, driftwood etc.
Bromelioideae (bro-meel-ee-oy’dee-ee) is the third subfamily of these remarkable plants and it consists of twenty-eight genera, containing over 670 species. The following list is the different kinds of genera that belong to the subfamily Bromelioideae, and links to their subdivided species!
