Morphological Phylogenetic Analysis of Two Early-Diverging Genera of Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae)
Abstract Bromelia includes 66 species, grouped in three subgenera: Bromelia, Distiacanthus and Karatas.The genus is one of the earlier divergent groups within Bromelioideae, a subfamily with innumerable problems of generic delimitation.Considering that few phylogenetic studies have included more than Arm Chairs one species of Bromelia, the objectiv