Alcantarea

Alcantarea
File:Alcantarea imperialis1.jpg
Flowering Alcantarea imperialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Tillandsioideae
Genus:	Alcantarea
Species
See species list below.

Alcantarea (named for Dom Pedro d'Alcântara, second Emperor of Brazil) is related to the genus Vriesea of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae.

Species

• Alcantarea benzingii Leme
• Alcantarea brasiliana (L.B. Smith) J.R. Grant
• Alcantarea burle-marxii (Leme) J.R. Grant
• Alcantarea distractila Leme & Paula
• Alcantarea duarteana (L.B. Smith) J.R. Grant
• Alcantarea edmundoi (Leme) J.R. Grant
• Alcantarea extensa (L.B. Smith) J.R. Grant
• Alcantarea farneyi (Martinelli & A. Costa) J.R. Grant
• Alcantarea geniculata (Wawra) J.R. Grant
• Alcantarea glaziouana (Lemaire) Leme
• Alcantarea hatschbachii (L.B. Smith & R.W. Read) Leme
• Alcantarea heloisae J.R. Grant
• Alcantarea imperialis (Carrière) Harms
• Alcantarea lurida Leme
• Alcantarea nahoumii (Leme) J.R. Grant
• Alcantarea nevaresii Leme
• Alcantarea odorata (Leme) J.R. Grant
• Alcantarea patriae Versieux & Wanderley
• Alcantarea regina (Vellozo) Harms
• Alcantarea roberto-kautskyi Leme
• Alcantarea tortuosa Versieux & Wanderley
• Alcantarea turgida Versieux & Wanderley
• Alcantarea vinicolor (E. Pereira & Reitz) J.R. Grant

External links

• FCBS Alcantarea Photos
• BSI Genera Gallery photos