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W hile there are plenty of great houseplants for people with allergies (like the areca palm and peace lily), bold and beautiful bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) may not be one of them. With over 3,000 ...
A staggering 2/3rds of Bromeliaceae species might be threatened with extinction, especially so in tropical rain forests, raising concerns about the conservation of the family and bromeliad-dependent ...
CAM plants like most Tillandsia species -- the most species-rich genus in the pineapple family (Bromeliaceae) -- optimise their water use efficiency: While other plants normally open their stomata ...
A summary of Mexican Bromeliaceae diversity and distribution is presented along with a checklist of species. The checklist includes information on type specimens, synonymy, distribution by state and ...
Bromeliaceae systematics, with focus on generic relationships and circumscription in subfamily Bromelioideae; morphological and anatomical character mining in Bromeliaceae; Bromeliad-based ...
Researchers at the University of Vienna, along with collaborators from France, Germany, Switzerland and the USA, have achieved a major breakthrough in understanding how genetic drivers influence ...