Bromeliaceae
 The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of around 3170 species native mainly to the tropical Americas with a few species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa Pitcairnia feliciana. They are among the basal families within the Poales and are unique because they are the only family within the order that has septal nectaries and inferior ovaries. These inferior ovaries characterize the Bromelioideae a subfamily of the Bromeliaceae.