Werauhia

Werauhia
Werauhia spp. in Monteverde, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Werauhia
J.R.Grant
Species

See text.

Werauhia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae. The genus is named for Werner Rauh, a German botanist (1913–2000).[1] Based on molecular evidence, a number of species previously classified within other bromeliad genera, especially Vriesia and Tillandsia, have been placed in Werauhia instead.

Species

Notes

  1. ↑ "Genera Etymology". Bromeliad Society International. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
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