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Biology 211: Taxonomy of Flowering Plants

A TOUR OF REQUIRED FLOWERING PLANT FAMILIES

Class Liliopsida

Subclass Zingiberidae

57. Bromeliaceae - Pineapple; epiphytic or terrestrial herbs; leaves usually basal and rosette forming, often rigid and spine-toothed, and basally colored; flowers perfect, hypogynous or epigynous, often subtended by brightly colored spathaceous bracts; fruit a berry, capsule, or multiple (Ananas).

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Magnoliidae Hamamelidae Caryophyllidae Dilleniidae Rosidae Asteridae
Alismatidae Arecidae Commelinidae Zingiberidae Liliidae