The subgenus Chevaliera comprises 21 species most of them occuring in several Brazilian ecosystems. In order to expand the taxonomic knowledge of this subgenus, data on the leaf anatomy of 11 species is presented. Among the characters which were described in this study, the most relevant ones are: stomata position, the thickeness of the substomatic chamber cells, hypodermis, number of layers of the water storage tissue, the shape of the cells that form air channels and the distribution of the fibers in the mesophyll.
Aechmea; Bromeliaceae; Chevaliera; leaf anatomy
