The taxonomic delimitation of Vriesea is challenging because several diagnostic traits of the
genus are shared with other genera in Tillandsioideae. The genus has no unique …

Vriesea is the second largest genus in Tillandsioideae, the most diverse subfamily of
Bromeliaceae. Although recent studies focusing on Tillandsioideae have improved the …

Vriesea is the second-largest genus of Bromeliaceae, with more than 280 species. Although
the genus is traditionally circumscribed as a natural group, all phylogenetic analysis …

Vriesea, with about 280 species distributed in two sections, Vriesea and Xiphion, is
recognized as polyphyletic. We provide the cladistic analysis based on morphological data …

Subtribe Vrieseinae comprise four genera, Alcantarea, Stigmatodon, Vriesea ss and
Waltillia, encompassing c. 20% of species in Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae), almost all of …

Abstract The genus Vriesea Lindl. comprises about 290 species distributed into two
sections: V. sect. Vriesea and V. sect. Xiphion. The genus is recognized as polyphyletic and …

Full plastome sequences for land plants have become readily accessible thanks to the
development of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) techniques and powerful bioinformatic …

The genus Stigmatodon occurs in vertical and bare granite slopes, typical of the inselbergs
of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Here, we present the first broad phylogenetic analysis …

Nucleotide sequences of the plastid locus ndhF are used to examine phylogenetic
relationships among 25 representative species of subfamily Tillandsioideae. Genetic …

The genera Deuterocohnia, Dyckia, and Encholirium are recognized as the xeric clade
Pitcairnioideae. More than 220 xeric species of this group occur in South America in the …