| Greigia | |
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| Greigia sphacelata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bromelioideae |
| Genus: | Greigia Regel |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Greigia is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile.[1] The genus is named in honour of Major General Samuel Alexjewitsch Greig, president of the Russian Horticultural Society in 1865.[2][3]
Greigias are unique among bromeliads in that they do not die after flowering. Instead, they continue to bloom every year from the same rosette.[4]
Species[edit]
- Greigia acebeyi B.Will, T.Krömer, M.Kessler, Karger & H.Luther - Bolivia
- Greigia alborosea (Grisebach) Mez - Venezuela
- Greigia aristeguietae L.B. Smith - Venezuela
- Greigia atrobrunnea H. Luther - Ecuador
- Greigia atrocastanea H. Luther - Bolivia
- Greigia berteroi Skottsberg - Juan Fernández Islands
- Greigia cochabambae H. Luther - Bolivia
- Greigia collina L.B. Smith - Cundinamarca
- Greigia columbiana L.B. Smith - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
- Greigia danielii L.B. Smith - Colombia, Bolivia
- Greigia exserta L.B. Smith - Colombia
- Greigia kessleri H. Luther - Bolivia
- Greigia landbeckii (Lechler ex Philippi) Philippi - Chile
- Greigia leymebambana H. Luther - Peru
- Greigia macbrideana L.B. Smith - Peru
- Greigia marioi B.Will, T.Krömer, M.Kessler, Karger & H.Luther - Bolivia
- Greigia membranacea B.Will, T.Krömer, M.Kessler, Karger & H.Luther - Bolivia
- Greigia mulfordii L.B. Smith - Colombia, Ecuador
- Greigia nubigena L.B. Smith - Colombia
- Greigia oaxacana L.B. Smith - Oaxaca, Chiapas
- Greigia ocellata L.B. Smith & Steyermark - Venezuela
- Greigia pearcei Mez - Chile
- Greigia racinae L.B. Smith - Colombia
- Greigia raporum H. Luther - Peru
- Greigia rohwederi L.B. Smith, O. Rohweder - El Salvador, Honduras
- Greigia sanctae-martae L.B. Smith - Colombia
- Greigia sodiroana Mez - Ecuador
- Greigia sphacelata (Ruiz & Pavón) Regel - Chile
- Greigia stenolepis L.B. Smith - Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia
- Greigia steyermarkii L.B. Smith - Guatemala, Honduras
- Greigia sylvicola Standley - Costa Rica, Panama
- Greigia tillettii L.B. Smith & R.W. Read - Venezuela
- Greigia van-hyningii L.B. Smith - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
- Greigia vilcabambae H. Luther - Peru
- Greigia vulcanica André - Colombia, Ecuador
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
- ^ A. W. Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 176, at Google Books
- ^ V. Padilla Bromeliads (1977), pp.48 Crown Publishers, Inc ISBN 0-517-50045-0