Bromeliaceous

Bro`me`li`a´ceous


a. 1. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The Bromeliaceous family has more than 3.172 species and subspecies (LUTHER, 2008), among which more than 50% of the species are epiphytes (MARTINELLI, 2000).
In vitro propagation of Vriesea reitzii, a native epiphyte bromeliad from the Atlantic rainforest/Propagacao in vitro de Vriesea reitzii, uma bromelia epifita nativa da Mata Atlantica

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