Alcantarea

Alcantarea
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)[1] is related to the genus Vriesea of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae.

Species

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