Werauhia

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Werauhia
Werauhia spp. in Monteverde, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Bromeliaceae Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Werauhia J.R.Grant
Species
See text.

Werauhia is a genus of epiphytic bromeliads, native to the neotropics. Based on molecular evidence, a number of species previously classified within other bromeliad genera, especially Vriesia and Tillandsia, have been placed in Werauhia instead.

[edit] Selected species

• Werauhia capitata
• Werauhia gladioliflora
• Werauhia greenbergii
• Werauhia hygrometrica
• Werauhia insignis
• Werauhia kupperiana
• Werauhia latissima
• Werauhia marnier-lapostollei
• Werauhia millenia
• Werauhia nephrolepis
• Werauhia ororiensis
• Werauhia ringens
• Werauhia sanguinolenta
• Werauhia viridiflora
• Werauhia werckleana
• Werauhia woodsoniana

[edit] External links

• Werauhia photos at the Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies website