Greigia

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]

Greigia
Greigia sphacelata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Bromelioideae
Genus: Greigia
Regel
Synonyms[1]
  • Hesperogreigia Skottsb.

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