Talk:Bromeliales

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• Bromeliales I tried to fix this stub, but i found that the taxonomy of the Bromeliales and their closest relatives is heavily disputed among scientists. Not being a plant taxonomist, i feel unable to do that subject justice. The article needs attention by someone knowledged in plant taxonomy. Lady Tenar 16:05, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

A taxon at the level of order is a box. When the box contains a single family only, nothing can be said of the plants in the order that can not be said of the plants in the family. So this is doomed to be a bare-boned entry no matter what. Quite useful as a quick reference, and as a node of links, but not otherwise. Brya 09:06, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ref

Reference probably best deleted or moved to Bromeliaceae:

Gilmartin, A. J., and G. K. Brown (1987). "Bromeliales, related monocots, and resolution of relationships among Bromeliaceae subfamilies". Syst. Bot. 12: 493-500. 

Brya 08:53, 19 May 2006 (UTC)