Hechtia

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Hechtia
Hechtia guatemalensis
Hechtia guatemalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Pitcairnioideae
Genus: Hechtia
Klotzsch
Species

Hechtia gayii
Hechtia marnier-lapostollei
Hechtia podantha
Hechtia rosea
Hechtia stenopetala
Hechtia texensis
Hechtia tillandsioides

Hechtia is a plant genus, containing around fifty species, and named after Julius Gottfried Conrad Hecht. They are dioecious bromeliads, like the pineapple.