Pseudaraeococcus

Pseudaraeococcus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to northeastern Brazil.^[2] It was first described as the subgenus Pseudaraeococcus of the genus Araeococcus by Carl Christian Mez in 1935, and raised to a separate genus in 2020.^[1]

Pseudaraeococcus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Bromelioideae
Genus:	Pseudaraeococcus (Mez) R.A.Pontes & Versieux[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1]
Araeococcus subg. Pseudaraeococcus

Species

As of November 2022^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[2]

• Pseudaraeococcus chlorocarpus (Wawra) R.A.Pontes & Versieux
• Pseudaraeococcus lageniformis (R.A.Pontes & Versieux) R.A.Pontes & Versieux
• Pseudaraeococcus montanus (Leme) R.A.Pontes & Versieux
• Pseudaraeococcus nigropurpureus (Leme & J.A.Siqueira) R.A.Pontes & Versieux
• Pseudaraeococcus parviflorus (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) R.A.Pontes & Versieux
• Pseudaraeococcus sessiliflorus (Leme & J.A.Siqueira) R.A.Pontes & Versieux