Lymania (named for Lyman Bradford Smith, American botanist)[1] 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.

"[2] 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.

[3] As of November 2022[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[4]