Family CN: Bromeliad or Pineapple Family Family Code: BROMEL Family Parent: [in POALES] Family Authority: A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Summary: A family of about 56 genera and 2600 species, herbs, shrubs, and trees, of the New World tropics and subtropics (very rarely warm temperate). Reference: Luther & Brown in FNA (2000); Smith & Till in Kubitzki (1998b). Last Updated: 2020-01-01 Publish: 1