SuperOrdo
Bromelianae
R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.
Ordo
Bromeliales
Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 54. 1829.
Subordo
Bromeliineae
Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 86. Mai 1898.
Familia
Bromeliaceae
Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 49. 4 Aug 1789. common name:
Bromeliads
Tribus
Distegantheae
Beer
pub. Fam. Bromel.: 12, 23. Sep-Oct 1856.
Named members of the Tribe Distegantheae
1
Genus
Disteganthus
Lem.
pub. (1847)
Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with
The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.
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