Greigia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Bromelioideae
Genus: Greigia
Species: G. acebeyi – G. alborosea – G. aristeguietae – G. atrobrunnea – G. atrocastanea – G. berteroi – G. cochabambae – G. collina – G. columbiana – G. danielii – G. exserta – G. kessleri – G. landbeckii – G. leymebambana – G. macbrideana – G. marioi – G. membranacea – G. mulfordii – G. nubigena – G. oaxacana – G. ocellata – G. pearcei – G. racinae – G. raporum – G. rohwederi – G. sanctae-martae – G. sodiroana – G. sphacelata – G. stenolepis – G. steyermarkii – G. sylvicola – G. tillettii – G. van-hyningii – G. vilcabambae – G. vulcanica
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Greigia Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1864(Suppl.): 13 (1865).

Type species: Bromelia sphacelata Ruiz & Pav.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Hesperogreigia Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 11: 220 (1936).

References

Regel, E.A. von, 1865. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1864(Suppl.): 13

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Greigia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jun 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Greigia. Published online. Accessed: Jun 23 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Greigia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jun 23.
Tropicos.org 2019. Greigia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jun 23.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Greigia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Greigia is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile.[1] The genus is named in honour of Major General Samuel Alexjewitsch Greig, president of the Russian Horticultural Society in 1865.[2][3]

Greigias are unique among bromeliads in that they do not die after flowering. Instead, they continue to bloom every year from the same rosette.[4]
Species

Greigia acebeyi B.Will, T.Krömer, M.Kessler, Karger & H.Luther - Bolivia
Greigia alborosea (Grisebach) Mez - Venezuela
Greigia aristeguietae L.B. Smith - Venezuela
Greigia atrobrunnea H. Luther - Ecuador
Greigia atrocastanea H. Luther - Bolivia
Greigia berteroi Skottsberg - Juan Fernández Islands
Greigia cochabambae H. Luther - Bolivia
Greigia collina L.B. Smith - Cundinamarca
Greigia columbiana L.B. Smith - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Greigia danielii L.B. Smith - Colombia, Bolivia
Greigia exserta L.B. Smith - Colombia
Greigia kessleri H. Luther - Bolivia
Greigia landbeckii (Lechler ex Philippi) Philippi - Chile
Greigia leymebambana H. Luther - Peru
Greigia macbrideana L.B. Smith - Peru
Greigia marioi B.Will, T.Krömer, M.Kessler, Karger & H.Luther - Bolivia
Greigia membranacea B.Will, T.Krömer, M.Kessler, Karger & H.Luther - Bolivia
Greigia mulfordii L.B. Smith - Colombia, Ecuador
Greigia nubigena L.B. Smith - Colombia
Greigia oaxacana L.B. Smith - Oaxaca, Chiapas
Greigia ocellata L.B. Smith & Steyermark - Venezuela
Greigia pearcei Mez - Chile
Greigia racinae L.B. Smith - Colombia
Greigia raporum H. Luther - Peru
Greigia rohwederi L.B. Smith - El Salvador, Honduras
Greigia sanctae-martae L.B. Smith - Colombia
Greigia sodiroana Mez - Ecuador
Greigia sphacelata (Ruiz & Pavón) Regel - Chile
Greigia stenolepis L.B. Smith - Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia
Greigia steyermarkii L.B. Smith - Guatemala, Honduras
Greigia sylvicola Standley - Costa Rica, Panama
Greigia tillettii L.B. Smith & R.W. Read - Venezuela
Greigia van-hyningii L.B. Smith - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
Greigia vilcabambae H. Luther - Peru
Greigia vulcanica André - Colombia, Ecuador

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
"Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
A. W. Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 176, at Google Books
V. Padilla Bromeliads (1977), pp.48 Crown Publishers, Inc ISBN 0-517-50045-0