Greigia

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Greigia
Greigia sphacelata
Greigia sphacelata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Bromelioideae
Genus: Greigia

Greigia is a genus of the plant family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. Greigias are unique among bromeliads in that they do not die after flowering. Instead, they continue to bloom every year from the same rosette[1].

It is named in honor of Major General von Greigia, president of the Russian Horticultural Society in 1865[2].

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[edit] Species

  • Greigia columbiana
  • Greigia landbeckii (Lechl. ex Phil.) F. Phil.
  • Greigia sphacelata (Ruiz & Pav.) Regel
  • Greigia steyermarkii L.B. Smith
  • Greigia van-hyningii L.B. Smith

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ V. Padilla Bromeliads (1977), pp.48 Crown Publishers, Inc ISBN:0-517-500450
  2. ^ Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology
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