
Canistrum Bromeliad Plant Species
Canistrum (can-is’trum) - Belonging to the Bromelioideae subfamily; this genus consists of ten species which are large plants reaching 60-90 cm in diameter.
Bromelia Bromeliad Plant Species
Bromelia (broh-meel’ea) - Belonging to the Bromelioideae subfamily; consists of around fifty species which could not be classified as ‘delicate’.
Billbergia Bromeliad Plant Species
Billbergia (bil-berj’ea) - Belonging to the Bromelioideae subfamily; about sixty-one species make up the genus. They are colorful and easily grown.
Araeococcus Bromeliad Plant Species
Araeococcus (a-ree-o-cock’us) - Belonging to the Bromelioideae subfamily; there are five known species, of which only two are in cultivation, Araeococcus flagellifolius and Araeococcus pectinatus.
Androplepis Bromeliad Plant Species
Androplepis (an-droll’epis) - Belonging to the Bromelioideae subfamily; the only species, Androlepis skinneri, grows on rocks or epiphytically in forests.
Andrea Bromeliad Plant Species
Andrea (an-dree’a) - Once belonging to the Bromelioideae subfamily; it is no longer accepted as a valid genus.
Ananas Bromeliad Plant Species
Ananas (anay’-nus) - Belonging to the Bromelioideae subfamily; this genus includes the commercial pineapple, Ananas comosus and several variegated forms, namely Ananas cosmosus var. variegatus.
Aechmea Bromeliad Plant Species
Aechmea (eek-me’a) - Belonging to the Bromelioideae subfamily; Aechmeas lend themselves to cultivation more readily than any other bromeliad and therefore are more widely grown and thereby more available!
Acanthostachys Bromeliad Plant Species
Acanthostachys (a-cantho-steak’-is) - Belonging to the Bromelioideae subfamily; of the two species in this genus, Acanthostachys strobilaceae is unique in the bromeliad world because of the way it cascades on long, thin, terete, spiny leaves, which emerge from a stoloniferous caudex.
Mezobromelia Bromeliad Plant Species
Mezobromelia (mez-o-bro-meel’ee-a) - Belonging to the Tillandsioideae subfamily; this is a rare genus which is not found in cultivation and only 5 species have been identified.





