Araeococcus is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae.

[1] The genus name is from the Greek araios (thin, weak, slight) and the Latin coccus (berry).

It was divided into two subgenera, the type subgenus and subgenus Pseudaraeococcus, before the latter was raised to the separate genus Pseudaraeococcus in 2020.

[2] Accepted species:[1] Transferred to Pseudaraeococcus:[3]

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