Fig. 1.

Strict consensus of 756 trees found during the final round of SW analysis of the combined matK plus rps16 intron data set for 51 species of Bromeliaceae. The tree was rooted on the branch separating Rapateaceae and Bromeliaceae. Bootstrap values are indicated above the relevant branches; clades referred to in the text are bracketed alongside representative life-forms. [Illustrations reproduced with permission from ref. 1 (Copyright 2000, Cambridge Univ. Press) and ref. 45 (Copyright 1997, Missouri Botanical Garden).]