''Pseudaraeococcus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

in the family

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, ...

, native to northeastern

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. It was first described as the subgenus ''Pseudaraeococcus'' of the genus ''

Araeococcus ''Araeococcus'' is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to northern South America, Central America and Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad a ...

'' by

Carl Christian Mez Carl Christian Mez (26 March 1866 – 8 January 1944) was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name. Life and work Mez came from a family of industrialists in Fre ...

in 1935, and raised to a separate genus in 2020.

Species

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accepted the following species: *'' Pseudaraeococcus chlorocarpus'' (Wawra) R.A.Pontes & Versieux *''

Pseudaraeococcus lageniformis ''Pseudaraeococcus'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to northeastern Brazil. It was first described as the subgenus ''Pseudaraeococcus'' of the genus ''Araeococcus'' by Carl Christian Mez in 1935, and raised to a ...

'' (R.A.Pontes & Versieux) R.A.Pontes & Versieux *''

Pseudaraeococcus montanus ''Pseudaraeococcus montanus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America ...

'' (Leme) R.A.Pontes & Versieux *''

Pseudaraeococcus nigropurpureus ''Pseudaraeococcus nigropurpureus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South Am ...

'' (Leme & J.A.Siqueira) R.A.Pontes & Versieux *''

Pseudaraeococcus parviflorus ''Pseudaraeococcus parviflorus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South Amer ...

'' (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) R.A.Pontes & Versieux *''

Pseudaraeococcus sessiliflorus ''Pseudaraeococcus sessiliflorus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South Ame ...

'' (Leme & J.A.Siqueira) R.A.Pontes & Versieux

References

Bromelioideae Bromeliaceae genera {{Bromelioideae-stub