Alcantarea

Alcantarea is a genus of flowering plants in the Bromeliaceae family. It is named for Dom Pedro d'Alcântara, second Emperor of Brazil. It is related to the genus Vriesea in the subfamily Tillandsioideae.

==Species== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- | || Alcantarea benzingii Leme||Brazil. |- |120px || Alcantarea brasiliana (L.B. Smith) J.R. Grant||Brazil. |- |120px|| Alcantarea burle-marxii (Leme) J.R. Grant||Brazil. |- | || Alcantarea distractila Leme & Paula|| Brazil (Minas Gerais) |- | || Alcantarea duarteana (L.B. Smith) J.R. Grant||Brazil (Minas Gerais: Planalto de Diamantina). |- |120px || Alcantarea extensa (L.B. Smith) J.R. Grant|| |- ||| Alcantarea farneyi (Martinelli & A. Costa) J.R. Grant|| Brazil. |- |120px || Alcantarea geniculata (Wawra) J.R. Grant|| Brazil. |- | || Alcantarea glaziouana (Lemaire) Leme|| Brazil. |- |120px || Alcantarea heloisae J.R. Grant||Brazil. |- |120px || Alcantarea imperialis (Carrière) Harms||Brazil. |- | || Alcantarea lurida Leme||Brazil (Minas Gerais). |- |120px || Alcantarea nahoumii (Leme) J.R. Grant||Brazil. |- | || Alcantarea nevaresii Leme||Brazil. |- |120px || Alcantarea odorata (Leme) J.R. Grant||Brazil. |- | || Alcantarea patriae Versieux & Wanderley||Brazil. |- |120px || Alcantarea regina (Vellozo) Harms||Brazil. |- | || Alcantarea roberto-kautskyi Leme||Brazil. |- | || Alcantarea tortuosa Versieux & Wanderley||Brazil. |- ||| Alcantarea turgida Versieux & Wanderley||Brazil. |- |120px || Alcantarea vinicolor (E. Pereira & Reitz) J.R. Grant||Brazil. |- |}