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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Aechmea''
| image = Aechmea fasciata inflorescence.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' [[inflorescence]]
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Poales]]
| familia = [[Bromeliaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Bromelioideae]]
| genus = '''''Aechmea'''''
| genus_authority = [[Hipólito Ruiz López|Ruiz]] & [[José Antonio Pavón|Pav.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
Over 140, see text.
| synonyms =
''Echinostachys'' [[Adolphe Theodore Brongniart|Brongn.]] ex [[Jules Émile Planchon|Planch.]] 
''Gravisia'' Mez 
''Hoplophytum'' Beer 
''Pothuava'' [[Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré|Gaudich.]] 
''Streptocalyx'' Beer 
''Wittmackia'' Mez
}}

'''''Aechmea''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of the [[botany|botanical]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Bromeliaceae]], subfamily [[Bromelioideae]].
''Aechmea'' has more than 140 species distributed from [[Mexico]] through [[South America]]. Most of the species in this genus are [[epiphyte]]s.

==Selected species==
* ''[[Aechmea abbreviata]]'' [[Lyman Bradford Smith|L.B.Sm.]]
* ''[[Aechmea aciculosa]]'' Mez & Sodiro
* ''[[Aechmea angustifolia]]'' [[Eduard Friedrich Poeppig|Poepp.]] & [[Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher|Endl.]]
* ''[[Aechmea apocalyptica]]'' Reitz
* ''[[Aechmea aquilegia]]''
* ''[[Aechmea beeriana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea blanchetiana]]'' ([[John Gilbert Baker|Baker]]) L.B.Sm.
* ''[[Aechmea blumenavii]]'' Reitz
* ''[[Aechmea bracteata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea bromeliifolia]]'' ([[Edward Rudge|Rudge]]) Baker
* ''[[Aechmea caesia]]'' [[E.Morren]] ex Baker
* ''[[Aechmea calyculata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea candida]]''
* ''[[Aechmea caudata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea chantinii]]'' - Amazonian Zebra Plant ([[Élie Abel Carrière|Carrière]]) Baker
* ''[[Aechmea coelestis]]''
* ''[[Aechmea cylindrata]]'' [[Carl Axel Magnus Lindman|Lindm.]]
* ''[[Aechmea dealbata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea distichantha]]'' - Brazilian Vaseplant, Vase Plant [[Charles Antoine Lemaire|Lem.]]
* ''[[Aechmea drakeana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea emmerichiae]]''
* ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' - Silver-Vase, Urn Plant Baker
* ''[[Aechmea filicaulis]]''
* ''[[Aechmea flavorosea]]''
* ''[[Aechmea fosteriana]]'' - Lacquered Wine Cup, Foster's Bromeliad L.B.Sm.
* ''[[Aechmea fulgens]]'' - Coralberry [[Adolphe Theodore Brongniart|Brongn.]]
* ''[[Aechmea gamosepala]]'' Wittm.
* ''[[Aechmea hoppi]]''
* ''[[Aechmea kentii]]''
* ''[[Aechmea kleinii]]'' Reitz
* ''[[Aechmea kuntzeana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea lindenii]]''
* ''[[Aechmea lingulata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea longifolia]]''
* ''[[Aechmea lueddemanniana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea magdalenae]]''
* ''[[Aechmea mariae-reginae]]''
* ''[[Aechmea mexicana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea miniata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea mulfordii]]'' - Living Vase Bromelia
* ''[[Aechmea nudicaulis]]'' [[August Grisebach|Griseb.]]
* ''[[Aechmea orlandiana]]'' L.B.Sm.
* ''[[Aechmea pedicellata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea perforata]]'' L.B.Sm.
* ''[[Aechmea pimenti-velosii]]'' Reitz
* ''[[Aechmea pineliana]]'' Baker
* ''[[Aechmea purpureorosea]]''
* ''[[Aechmea recurvata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea rodriguesiana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea spectabilis]]''
* ''[[Aechmea tillandsioides]]'' ([[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]] ex [[Josef August Schultes|Schult.]] & [[Julius Hermann Schultes|Schult.f.]]) Baker
* ''[[Aechmea veitchii]]''
* ''[[Aechmea victoriana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea weilbachii]]''
* ''[[Aechmea zebrina]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?221 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Aechmea'']
*[http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/cgi-bin/system/botsys.pl?id=429&stufe=G&typ=PFL&sid=T&only=no&syno=no&lang=e SysTax: ''Aechmea'']
* {{pt icon}} [http://florabrasiliensis.cria.org.br/search?taxon_id=5154 Flora Brasiliensis: ''Aechmea'']

{{commons|Aechmea}}

{{Poales-stub}}

[[Category:Bromeliaceae]]

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-:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Aechmea|genus page]].''
+The aechmeas are closely allied to the billbergias, from which they are distinguished by smaller flowers, which are little exserted from the calyx and not widely expanding, short filaments and small anthers, sharp-pointed sepals and conspicuous sharp-pointed flower-bracts.
 ==Cultivation==
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 Grow in shady spot with great air circulation.  Soil should retain water, and be watered when dry to touch.  Water should be poured into cups of leaves regularly.  Can be grown in soil, pots, moss in the crotch of trees.
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 ==References==
 <!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
 <!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

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		+	Aechmea (from aichme, point; referring to the rigid points on the calyx). Bromeliaceae. Epiphytic herbs, of about sixty species, natives of tropical South America, grown in choice greenhouse collections.
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		+	Flower-cluster arising from a cluster or rosette of long, hard lvs. which are serrate; petals 3, tongue- shaped, obtuse or pointed, 2-3 times the length of the spine-pointed calyx-lobes; stamens 6, shorter than the petals; ovary inferior, 3-celled. The fls. are subtended by (in the axils of) fl.-bracts; the entire head or fl.- cluster is often reinforced or subtended by conspicuous lf.-bracts; in the compound-infl. types, the individual branches are usually subtended by branch-bracts. In some species, as A. Lalindei and A. Mariae-Reginae, the large colored lf.-bracts are the most conspicuous part of the plant. In others, as A. Veitchii, the entire head is the showy part. Monogr. by Baker, Journ. Bot. 1879:129, 161,226. Includes Canistrum, Echinostachys, Hohenbergia, Hoplophytum, Lamprococcus, Pironneava, Pothuava; and some of the species have been referred to Billbergia, Cryptanthus, Guzmannia, Tillandsia, Chevaliera, and others.
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		+	The aechmeas are closely allied to the billbergias, from which they are distinguished by smaller flowers, which are little exserted from the calyx and not widely expanding, short filaments and small anthers, sharp-pointed sepals and conspicuous sharp-pointed flower-bracts.
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		+	For culture, see Billbergia.
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-| origin =     <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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 ==Species==
-Selected species:
+''Aechmea'' has more than 140 species distributed from [[Mexico]] through [[South America]]. Most of the species in this genus are [[epiphyte]]s.
 * ''[[Aechmea abbreviata]]''
 * ''[[Aechmea aciculosa]]''

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 * ''[[Aechmea weilbachii]]''
 * ''[[Aechmea zebrina]]''
 ==Gallery==