| Common Names - Bromelaid Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Juss. | Total Number of genera - 58 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 3170 |
| Plant forms - Herb |
| World Distribution - Sub-tropical and tropical. America and West Indies, save for one species in West Africa. |
| Comments - Herbs, or 'arborescent' (a few). Plants succulent (usually, more or less), or non-succulent. Perennial
Native mainly to the tropical Americas, with a few species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, |