Neoregelia

Neoregelia
Neoregelia in bloom at a botanical garden.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Bromelioideae
Genus:	Neoregelia L. B. Smith
Subgenera
Amazonicae Hylaeaicum Neoregelia
Synonyms[1]
Regelia (Lem.) Lindm. 1890, illegitimate homonym, not Schauer 1843 nor H. Wendl. 1865

Neoregelia is a genus of flowering plants in the bromeliad family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae, native to South American rainforests.^[1] The genus name is for Eduard August von Regel, Director of St. Petersburg Botanic Gardens in Russia (1815–1892).^[2]

Description

They have mostly broad, relatively flat leaves. Inflorescences form in a shallow depression the center of the plant, which often fills partway with water, through which the flowers bloom. Offsets form around the central flowering rosette.^[3] The leaves immediately surrounding the inflorescence are very often brightly colored, and many species show banding or striping on most or all of their leaves. Neoregelia Bromeliads are excellent plants and will adapt to many conditions, so in a warm setting they can be used as an indoor plant or outdoor landscape plant. Neoregelia Bromeliads are some of the most colorful epiphytes around. Neoregelia Bromeliads range from the common house plant varieties to the more rare exotic varieties such as the Neoregelia ‘Rafael’ Bromeliad.

Cultivation

Neoregelia species are commonly cultivated and hybridized for their colorful foliage. In temperate regions where temperatures fall below 10 °C (50 °F), they must be grown under glass or as houseplants.^[3] There are over 5000 registered cultivars.

Subgenera

Neoregelia Longipetalopsis Leme

Protoregelia W. Till & Leme Hylaeaicum (Ule ex Mez) L. B. Smith & Read

Species

Neoregelia abendrothae L. B. Smith Neoregelia amandae W. Weber Neoregelia ampullacea (E. Morren) L. B. Smith Neoregelia angustibracteolata E. Pereira & Leme Neoregelia angustifolia E. Pereira Neoregelia atroviridifolia W. Weber & Röth Neoregelia azevedoi Leme Neoregelia bahiana (Ule) L. B. Smith Neoregelia binotii (Antoine) L. B. Smith Neoregelia bragarum (E. Pereira & L. B. Smith) Leme Neoregelia brevifolia L. B. Smith & Reitz Neoregelia brigadeirensis Paula & Leme Neoregelia brownii Leme Neoregelia burle-marxii R. W. Read ssp. meeana R. W. Read Neoregelia camorimiana E. Pereira & I. A. Penna Neoregelia capixaba E. Pereira & Leme Neoregelia carcharodon (Baker) L. B. Smith var. atroviolacea Reitz Neoregelia carinata Leme Neoregelia carolinae (Beer) L. B. Smith var. carolinae forma tricolor (M. B. Foster) M. B. Foster ex L. B. Smith Neoregelia cathcartii C.F. Reed & R. W. Read Neoregelia chlorosticta (Baker) L. B. Smith Neoregelia coimbrae E. Pereira & Leme Neoregelia compacta (Mez) L. B. Smith Neoregelia concentrica (Vellozo) L. B. Smith Neoregelia coriacea (Antoine) L. B. Smith Neoregelia correia-araujoi E. Pereira & I. A. Penna Neoregelia crispata Leme Neoregelia cruenta (Graham) L. B. Smith Neoregelia cyanea (Beer) L. B. Smith Neoregelia diversifolia E. Pereira Neoregelia doeringiana L. B. Smith Neoregelia dungsiana E. Pereira Neoregelia eleutheropetala (Ule) L. B. Smith var. bicolor L. B. Smith Neoregelia eltoniana W. Weber Neoregelia farinosa (Ule) L. B. Smith Neoregelia fluminensis L. B. Smith Neoregelia fosteriana L. B. Smith Neoregelia gavionensis Martinelli & Leme Neoregelia gigas Leme & L. Kollmann Neoregelia guttata Leme Neoregelia hoehneana L. B. Smith Neoregelia ibitipocensis (Leme) Leme Neoregelia indecora (Mez) L. B. Smith Neoregelia inexspectata Leme Neoregelia johannis (Carrière) L. B. Smith Neoregelia johnsoniae H. Luther Neoregelia kautskyi E. Pereira Neoregelia kerryi Leme Neoregelia kuhlmannii L. B. Smith Neoregelia lactea H. Luther & Leme Neoregelia laevis (Mez) L. B. Smith var. laevis forma maculata H. Luther Neoregelia leprosa L. B. Smith Neoregelia leucophoea (Baker) L. B. Smith Neoregelia leviana L. B. Smith Neoregelia lilliputiana E. Pereira

Neoregelia lillyae W. Weber var. acuminata W. Weber Neoregelia longipedicellata Leme Neoregelia longisepala E. Pereira & I. A. Penna Neoregelia lymaniana R. Braga & Sucre Neoregelia macahensis (Ule) L. B. Smith Neoregelia macrosepala L. B. Smith Neoregelia maculata L. B. Smith Neoregelia macwilliamsii L. B. Smith Neoregelia magdalenae L. B. Smith & Reitz var. teresae L. B. Smith & Reitz Neoregelia margaretae L. B. Smith Neoregelia marmorata (Baker) L. B. Smith Neoregelia martinellii W. Weber Neoregelia melanodonta L. B. Smith Neoregelia menescalii Leme Neoregelia mooreana L. B. Smith Neoregelia mucugensis Leme Neoregelia myrmecophila (Ule ex G. Karsten & H. Schenk) L. B. Smith Neoregelia nevaresii Leme & H. Luther Neoregelia nivea Leme Neoregelia odorata Leme Neoregelia olens (Hooker f.) L. B. Smith Neoregelia oligantha L. B. Smith Neoregelia pascoaliana L. B. Smith Neoregelia pauciflora L. B. Smith Neoregelia paulistana E. Pereira Neoregelia pendula L. B. Smith var. brevifolia L. B. Smith Neoregelia pernambucana Leme & J. A. Siqueira Neoregelia petropolitana Leme Neoregelia pineliana (Lemaire) L. B. Smith var. phyllanthidea (Morren) L. B. Smith Neoregelia pontualii Leme Neoregelia princeps (Baker) L. B. Smith var. phyllanthidea (Mez) L. B. Smith Neoregelia punctatissima (Ruschi) Ruschi Neoregelia richteri W. Weber Neoregelia roethii W. Weber Neoregelia rosea L. B. Smith Neoregelia rubrifolia Ruschi Neoregelia rubrovittata Leme Neoregelia ruschii Leme & B. R. Silva Neoregelia sanguinea Leme Neoregelia sapiatibensis E. Pereira & I. A. Penna Neoregelia sarmentosa (Regel) L. B. Smith Neoregelia schubertii Röth Neoregelia seideliana L. B. Smith & Reitz Neoregelia silvomontana Leme & J. A. Siqueira Neoregelia simulans L. B. Smith Neoregelia smithii W. Weber Neoregelia spectabilis (T. Moore) L. B. Smith Neoregelia stolonifera L. B. Smith Neoregelia tarapotoensis Rauh Neoregelia tenebrosa Leme Neoregelia tigrina (Ruschi) Ruschi Neoregelia tristis (Beer) L. B. Smith Neoregelia uleana L. B. Smith Neoregelia wilsoniana M. B. Foster Neoregelia wurdackii L. B. Smith Neoregelia zaslawskyi E. Pereira & Leme Neoregelia zonata L. B. Smith

Photo gallery

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  A Neoregelia collecting water at one of Hodges Garden's greenhouses.

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  Neoregelia 'Perfection' plant

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  Neoregelia 'Perfection' closeup

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  Photo of a Neoregelia at the United States Botanic Garden.

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  Neoregelia pendula

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  Neoregelia 'Yellow Devil' flower submerged.

External links

• BSI Genera Gallery photos

Notes

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.bsi.org/brom_info/genera.html
3. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.