Talk:Bromeliaceae

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[edit] Identification

Based on the similarity to the photo in the article I suspect these might be bromeliads. If you know, could you add any info you have to the photo's pages? Thanks. DirkvdM 18:23, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bromeliad pictures

I have several pictures of Bromeliads from Bohol, Philippines uploaded in Commons. There are 20 varieties posted in my User page here. I have released all these my own work to public domain. Please feel free to use any of the images. It will be a pleasure to contribute to this/these article/s. --Ate Pinay (talk•email) 16:15, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Genera

Ive noticed Deincanthion, Canistropis, Racinaea, Pepinia, Alcantrea, and,Ursulaea as potential genera to be added to the list, they may not all be valid. This link Bromeliad genera seems relatively current and suggests there are 58 and our list is at 54. As per the current list, Abromeitiella isn't quite a genera, Im not sure if it should be included or not (I say remove it from the list), Brocchinia redirects to a species within the genera, and Streptocalyx redirects to Aechmea (I say remove it). Once we have a comprehensive list of the genera i suggest categorizing them by subfamily. Mmcknight4 04:54, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, the genera list has all of the abbreviations of the names of the people who designated the species. While this is relevant information for an etymology sentence or section, I think it is unhelpful for clarity in the Genera list. I suggest the names be moved off of Bromeliaceae and put on to the respective genus pages.Mmcknight4 06:02, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I added Deinacanthion, Canistropsis, Racinaea, Pepinia, Alcantarea, and, Ursulaea to the genera list. I don' think Pepinia is agreed upon, it has been classified within Pitcairnia but not all sources say so. There also seems at least to be some debate over whether Sterptocalyx is within Aechmea. The link above actually suggest that there are 57 (I had written 58). If Abromeitiella, Pepinia, and Sterptocalyx, are, in fact, no longer recognized, our list of 59 would be reduced to 56, but then I cant figure out which one is missing. Rather than removing outdated genera, maybe we could stick them at the bottom and say that arent recognized anymore. Mmcknight4 00:54, 20 February 2007 (UTC)