Dyckia is a genus of the botanical

Botany

Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

 family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Bromeliaceae

Bromeliaceae

Bromeliaceae is a family of monocot flowering plants of around 3,170 species native mainly to the tropical Americas, with a few species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana...

, subfamily Pitcairnioideae

Pitcairnioideae

Pitcairnioideae is the terrestrial subfamily of the bromeliads with over 1000 species in 16 genera. Unlike the many epiphytes and lithophytes which comprise the rest of the family, with a few exceptions, all of the members of this subfamily are either terrestrial or saxicolous...

.

The genus is named after the Prussian botanist, botanical artist and horticulturist The Prince and Earl of Salm Reifferscheid-Dyck (1773-1861).

Dyckias, with stiff and thorny leaves, prefer rocky and/or sunny areas and have a natural tendency to clump leading to thick, large mats.

The subfamily Pitcairnioideae contains several "terrestrial" members of the Bromeliaceae, with cultivated genera including Dyckia, Hechtia

Hechtia

Hechtia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae. The genus is named for Julius Gottfried Conrad Hecht , German counselor to the King of Prussia.. Except for H. gayorum, the plants of this genus are dioecious.-Species:-External links:* photos...

, Pitcairnia

Pitcairnia

Pitcairnia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae. It was named for Dr. William Pitcairn, English physician and gardener . The genus Pitcairnia ranks as the second most prolific of the bromeliad family...

and Puya

Puya (genus)

Puya is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae. These terrestrial plants are native to the Andes Mountains of South America and southern Central America...

. Considered to be the most ancient lineage of bromeliads, they are endemic to arid and high-altitude regions of Brazil and the central part of South America.

Species

• Dyckia affinis Baker
• Dyckia agudensis
  Dyckia agudensis
  Dyckia agudensis is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Irgang & Sobral
• Dyckia alba Winkler
• Dyckia argentea
  Dyckia argentea
  Dyckia argentea is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Dyckia aurea L.B. Smith
• Dyckia beateae E. Gross & Rauh
• Dyckia brachyphylla L.B. Smith
• Dyckia brachystachya Rauh & E. Gross
• Dyckia bracteata
  Dyckia bracteata
  Dyckia bracteata is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  (Wittmack) Mez
• Dyckia brasiliana L.B. Smith
• Dyckia braunii Rauh
• Dyckia brevifolia
  Dyckia brevifolia
  Dyckia brevifolia is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-Cultivars:Dyckia 'Yellow Glow' is a cultivar of Dyckia brevifolia. Dyckia brevifolia is also one parent of the hybrid cultivars Dyckia 'Lad Cutak', Dyckia 'Naked Lady' and Dyckia 'Vista'.-References:* retrieved...
  
  Baker
• Dyckia burchellii Baker
• Dyckia burle-marxii L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Dyckia cabrerae
  Dyckia cabrerae
  Dyckia cabrerae is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith & Reitz
• Dyckia choristaminea
  Dyckia choristaminea
  Dyckia choristaminea is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Dyckia cinerea
  Dyckia cinerea
  Dyckia cinerea is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Dyckia commixta Hassler
• Dyckia consimilis
  Dyckia consimilis
  Dyckia consimilis is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Dyckia coximensis L.B. Smith & Reitz
• Dyckia crassifolia
  Dyckia crassifolia
  Dyckia crassifolia is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Rauh
• Dyckia crocea
  Dyckia crocea
  Dyckia crocea is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Dyckia dawsonii
  Dyckia dawsonii
  Dyckia dawsonii is a species of the genus Dyckia.-Cultivars:* Dyckia 'Brittle Star'* Dyckia 'June'-References:* Retrieved 11 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Dyckia delicata
  Dyckia delicata
  Dyckia delicata is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Larocca & Sobral
• Dyckia deltoidea (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith
• Dyckia densiflora
  Dyckia densiflora
  Dyckia densiflora is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Schultes f.
• Dyckia dissitiflora Schultes f.
• Dyckia distachya
  Dyckia distachya
  Dyckia distachya is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Hassler
• Dyckia domfelicianensis T. Strehl
• Dyckia duckei L.B. Smith
• Dyckia dusenii
  Dyckia dusenii
  Dyckia dusenii is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Dyckia elata Mez
• Dyckia elisabethae Winkler
• Dyckia elongata Mez
• Dyckia eminens Mez
• Dyckia encholirioides
  Dyckia encholirioides
  Dyckia encholirioides is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Brazil.- References :* retrieved 22 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...
  
  (Gaudichaud) Mez
  • var. rubra (Wittmack) Reitz
• Dyckia estevesii Rauh
• Dyckia excelsa Leme
• Dyckia exserta L.B. Smith
• Dyckia ferox
  Dyckia ferox
  Dyckia ferox is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Dyckia ferruginea
  Dyckia ferruginea
  Dyckia ferruginea is a plant species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Dyckia floribunda Grisebach
• Dyckia fosteriana
  Dyckia fosteriana
  Dyckia fosteriana is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-Cultivars:* Dyckia 'Bronze'* Dyckia 'D...
  
  L.B. Smith
  • var. robustior L.B. Smith
• Dyckia frigida
  Dyckia frigida
  Dyckia frigida is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Hooker f.
• Dyckia glandulosa L.B. Smith & Reitz
• Dyckia goehringii E. Gross & Rauh
• Dyckia goiana L.B. Smith
• Dyckia gracilis
  Dyckia gracilis
  Dyckia gracilis is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Dyckia granmogulensis Rauh
• Dyckia hatschbachii
  Dyckia hatschbachii
  Dyckia hatschbachii is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Dyckia hebdingii L.B. Smith
• Dyckia hohenbergioides Leme & E. Esteves
• Dyckia horridula Mez
• Dyckia ibicuiensis T. Strehl
• Dyckia ibiramensis
  Dyckia ibiramensis
  Dyckia ibiramensis is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Reitz
• Dyckia insignis Hassler
• Dyckia irmgardiae
  Dyckia irmgardiae
  Dyckia irmgardiae is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Dyckia irwinii L.B. Smith
• Dyckia julianae T. Strehl
• Dyckia lagoensis Mez
• Dyckia leptostachya
  Dyckia leptostachya
  Dyckia leptostachya is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.- Cultivars :* Dyckia 'Lad Cutak'* Dyckia 'Red Devil'- References :* Retrieved 11 October 2009* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Baker
• Dyckia limae L.B. Smith
• Dyckia lindevaldae Rauh
• Dyckia linearifolia Baker
• Dyckia lutziana L.B. Smith
• Dyckia macedoi
  Dyckia macedoi
  Dyckia macedoi is a species of the genus Dyckia.-References:* Retrieved 11 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Dyckia machrisiana L.B. Smith
• Dyckia macropoda L.B. Smith
• Dyckia maracasensis Ule
• Dyckia maritima
  Dyckia maritima
  Dyckia maritima is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Baker
• Dyckia marnier-lapostollei
  Dyckia marnier-lapostollei
  Dyckia marnier-lapostollei is a species of the genus Dyckia.-Cultivars:* Dyckia 'Brian Chudleigh'* Dyckia 'Warren'-References:* Retrieved 11 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
  • var. estevesii Rauh
• Dyckia martinellii
  Dyckia martinellii
  Dyckia martinellii is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  B.R. Silva & Forzza
• Dyckia mello-barretoi L.B. Smith
• Dyckia microcalyx
  Dyckia microcalyx
  Dyckia microcalyx is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Baker
  • var. ostenii L.B. Smith
• Dyckia milagrensis
  Dyckia milagrensis
  Dyckia milagrensis is a plant species of the genus Dyckia, native to Bahia, Brazil.-References:* * * * Harvard Pap. Bot. 4: 164-5. 1999....
  
  Leme
• Dyckia minarum
  Dyckia minarum
  Dyckia minarum is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Dyckia mitis Castellanos
• Dyckia monticola
  Dyckia monticola
  Dyckia monticola is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith & Reitz
• Dyckia nervata Rauh
• Dyckia niederleinii Mez
• Dyckia odorata L.B. Smith
• Dyckia orobanchoides Mez
• Dyckia paraensis L.B. Smith
• Dyckia pauciflora L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Dyckia paucispina Leme & E. Esteves
• Dyckia pectinata L.B. Smith & Reitz
• Dyckia pernambucana
  Dyckia pernambucana
  Dyckia pernambucana is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Dyckia platyphylla
  Dyckia platyphylla
  Dyckia platyphylla is a species of the genus Dyckia.-Cultivars:* Dyckia 'Cherry Coke'* Dyckia 'Coronet'* Dyckia 'James Gray'* Dyckia 'James Green'* Dyckia 'Picante'* Dyckia 'Red Devil'* Dyckia 'Southern Star'...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Dyckia polycladus L.B. Smith
• Dyckia princeps Lemaire
• Dyckia pseudococcinea
  Dyckia pseudococcinea
  Dyckia pseudococcinea is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Dyckia pulquinensis
  Dyckia pulquinensis
  Dyckia pulquinensis is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Wittmack
• Dyckia pumila L.B. Smith
• Dyckia racemosa Baker
• Dyckia racinae L.B. Smith
• Dyckia ragonesei Castellanos
• Dyckia rariflora
  Dyckia rariflora
  Dyckia rariflora is a species of the genus Dyckia.-References:* Retrieved 11 October 2009...
  
  Schultes f.
• Dyckia reitzii
  Dyckia reitzii
  Dyckia reitzii is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Dyckia remotiflora
  Dyckia remotiflora
  Dyckia remotiflora is a species of the genus Dyckia.-References:* Retrieved 11 October 2009...
  
  Otto & Dietrich
  • var. tandilensis (Spegazzini) Cabrera
  • var. montevidensis (K. Koch) L.B. Smith
  • var. angustior L.B. Smith
• Dyckia retardata Winkler
• Dyckia retroflexa Winkler
• Dyckia rigida T. Strehl
• Dyckia rupestris W. Till & Morawetz
• Dyckia saxatilis
  Dyckia saxatilis
  Dyckia saxatilis is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Dyckia schwackeana
  Dyckia schwackeana
  Dyckia schwackeana is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Dyckia secunda L.B. Smith
• Dyckia selloa
  Dyckia selloa
  Dyckia selloa is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  (K. Koch) Baker
• Dyckia sellowiana Mez
• Dyckia sickii L.B. Smith
• Dyckia silvae L.B. Smith
• Dyckia simulans L.B. Smith
• Dyckia sordida Baker
• Dyckia spinulosa L.B. Smith & Reitz
• Dyckia stenophylla L.B. Smith
• Dyckia subinermis Mez
• Dyckia tenebrosa Leme & H. Luther
• Dyckia tenuis Mez
• Dyckia tobatiensis
  Dyckia tobatiensis
  Dyckia tobatiensis is a plant species of the genus Dyckia, native to Paraguay.-References:* * *...
  
  Hassler
• Dyckia tomentella Mez
• Dyckia trichostachya
  Dyckia trichostachya
  Dyckia trichostachya is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Baker
• Dyckia tuberosa
  Dyckia tuberosa
  Dyckia tuberosa is a species of the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  (Vellozo) Beer
• Dyckia tweediei Mez
• Dyckia uleana Mez
• Dyckia ursina L.B. Smith
• Dyckia velascana Mez
• Dyckia velloziifolia Mez
• Dyckia vestita Hassler
• Dyckia virgata Mez
• Dyckia warmingii Mez
• Dyckia weddelliana Baker