genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of plants in the
family
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Bromeliaceae
The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, ...
, subfamily
Bromelioideae
Bromelioideae is a subfamily of the bromeliads (Bromeliaceae). This subfamily is the most diverse in the family, represented by the greatest number of genera with about 40. Most of the plants in this group are epiphytes, though some have evolved ...
. It is native to
Latin America
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from
Mexico
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to
Chile
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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families /ref> The genus is named in honour of Major General Samuel Alexjewitsch Greig, president of the Russian Horticultural Society in 1865.
''Greigias'' are unique among bromeliads in that they do not die after flowering. Instead, they continue to bloom every year from the same rosette.V. Padilla ''Bromeliads'' (1977), pp.48 Crown Publishers, Inc
Species
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Greigia acebeyi
''Greigia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile. The genus is named in honour of Major General Samuel Alexjewitsch Greig, president of the Russian Horticult ...
Greigia collina
''Greigia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile. The genus is named in honour of Major General Samuel Alexjewitsch Greig, president of the Russian Horticult ...
'' L.B. Smith - Cundinamarca
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Greigia columbiana
''Greigia columbiana'' is a plant species in the genus ''Greigia''. This species is native to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
Two varieties are recognized:
#''Greigia columbiana'' var. ''columbiana'' - Costa Rica, Panama, ...
'' L.B. Smith - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
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Greigia danielii
''Greigia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile. The genus is named in honour of Major General Samuel Alexjewitsch Greig, president of the Russian Horticult ...
'' L.B. Smith - Colombia, Bolivia
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Greigia exserta
''Greigia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile. The genus is named in honour of Major General Samuel Alexjewitsch Greig, president of the Russian Horticult ...
'' L.B. Smith - Colombia
* '' Greigia kessleri'' H. Luther - Bolivia
* '' Greigia landbeckii'' (Lechler ex Philippi) Philippi - Chile
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Greigia leymebambana
''Greigia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile. The genus is named in honour of Major General Samuel Alexjewitsch Greig, president of the Russian Horticult ...
'' H. Luther - Peru
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Greigia macbrideana
''Greigia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost ...
'' L.B. Smith - Peru
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Greigia marioi
''Greigia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile. The genus is named in honour of Major General Samuel Alexjewitsch Greig, president of the Russian Horticult ...
Greigia membranacea
''Greigia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile. The genus is named in honour of Major General Samuel Alexjewitsch Greig, president of the Russian Horticult ...
Greigia nubigena
''Greigia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile. The genus is named in honour of Major General Samuel Alexjewitsch Greig, president of the Russian Horticult ...
Greigia racinae
''Greigia'' is a genus of plants in the family (biology), family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile. The genus is named in honour of Samuel Greig, Major General Samuel Alexjewitsch Greig, pre ...
Greigia sphacelata
''Greigia sphacelata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Bromeliaceae''. This species is endemic to Chile. It is distributed between the Maule and Los Lagos regions. It produces edible fruits, known as 'chupones'.
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