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n. - The genus of the family which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx.

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  • Herbaceous species include Bromelia serra, B. hieronymi and Deinacanthon urbanianum.
  • It is covered by a plant allied, I believe, to Bromelia, and called by the inhabitants
  • Xerophytic vegetation occurs on and around the granite outcrops, consisting predominantly of plants from Bromelia, Poaceae and Orchidacea families.
  • The understory of primary thorn forest is punctuated with spiny terrestrial plants such as bayonet bromeliads (Bromelia serra) and star cactus (Cleistocactus baumanii).
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