Lymania
# Lymania

Lymania (named for Lyman Bradford Smith, American botanist) is a genus in the plant family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus was established in 1984 to "unite furrowed or winged species from Aechmea subgenera Lamprococcus, Araeococcus and Ronnbergia."

Lymania is a group of plants endemic to the Bahian coast of the Brazilian rainforest. Modern DNA analysis has confirmed that Lymania is correctly classified as an independent genus containing two distinct clades.

## Species

As of November 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

* Lymania alvimii (L.B.Sm. & Read) Read
* Lymania azurea Leme
* Lymania brachycaulis (Baker) L.F.Sousa
* Lymania corallina (Beer) Read
* Lymania globosa Leme
* Lymania involucrata Leme & E.H.Souza
* Lymania languida Leme
* Lymania marantoides (L.B.Sm.) Read
* Lymania smithii Read
* Lymania spiculata Leme & Forzza
