Pineapple family

Bromeliaceae in Australia

ZINGIBERIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe

(updated 29 August 2009)

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Flowers in Australia

Aechmea blanchetiana Blanchet's Bromeliad Wyee, February 2007	Aechmea fasciata Primera Spring Bromeliad Wyee, August 2007	Aechmea gamosepala Mauve Matchstick Wyee, November 2006	Aechmea recurvata Curved Bromeliad Wyee, August 2007
Aechmea recurvata Benrathii Benrathi's Bromeliad Wyee, August 2007	Aechmea weilbachii Weilbach's Bromeliad Wyee, August 2007	Ananas comosus Pineapple Sydney, August 2006	Billbergia nutans Queen's Tears Sydney, August 2006
Billbergia pyramidallis Pyramid Bilbergia Wyee, March 2006	Guzmania species Guzmania Wyee, January 2006	Nidularium burchellii Burchell's Bromeliad Wyee, April 2007	Portea petropolitana extensa Big Portea Wyee, February 2007
Tillandsia cyanea Pink Quill Bundaberg, January 2007	Tillandsia usneoides Spanish Moss Sydney, August 2008	Vriesea carinata Lobsters Claw Wyee, December 2006	Vriesea philippo-coburgii Philippo Coburg's Bromeliad Concord, July 2008

We have seen reports of only one species of caterpillar in Australia feeding on plants in Bromeliaceae:

Mythimna convecta

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Australian butterflies

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