Bromelia

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Bromelia karatas
Bromelia karatas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Bromelia
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Bromelia is a genus of tropical American plants characterized by flowers with a deeply cleft calyx, of the family Bromeliaceae, named after the Swedish botanist Olaf Bromelius (died 1705). It includes the following species:

  • Bromelia alsodes
  • Bromelia alta
  • Bromelia antiacantha
  • Bromelia arenaria
  • Bromelia balansae
  • Bromelia chrysantha
  • Bromelia flemingii
  • Bromelia goeldiana
  • Bromelia goyazensis
  • Bromelia hieronymii
  • Bromelia horstii
  • Bromelia humilis
  • Bromelia karatas
  • Bromelia macedoi
  • Bromelia palmeri
  • Bromelia pinguin
  • Bromelia scarlatina
  • Bromelia serra
  • Bromelia sylvicola

The resistant fiber obtained from B. serra and B. hieronymi, both known as chaguar, is an essential component of the economy of the Wichí tribe in the semi-arid Gran Chaco region of Argentina.

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