Werauhia

Werauhia
Werauhia spp. in Monteverde, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Werauhia
J.R.Grant
Species

See text.

Werauhia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae. The genus is named for Werner Rauh, a German botanist (1913–2000).[1] Based on molecular evidence, a number of species previously classified within other bromeliad genera, especially Vriesia and Tillandsia, have been placed in Werauhia instead.

Species

Notes

  1. "Genera Etymology". Bromeliad Society International. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
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