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| name = Aechmea
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|familia=Bromeliaceae
| common_names =     <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
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|genus=Aechmea
| growth_habit = herbaceous
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|habit=bromeliad
| high =    <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
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|origin=Mexico to S America
| wide =    <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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|lifespan=perennial
| origin = Mexico to S America
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|exposure=part-sun
| poisonous =    <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
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|Temp Metric=°F
| lifespan = perennial
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|sunset_zones=22-27, or indoors
| exposure = part-shade
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|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
| water = see cultivation section
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|image=Aechmea fasciata inflorescence.jpg
| features =    <!--- flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, invasive -->
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|image_width=200
| hardiness = frost sensitive
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|image_caption=''Aechmea fasciata'' inflorescence
| bloom =    <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
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| usda_zones =    <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
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| sunset_zones = 22-27, or indoors
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| color = IndianRed
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| image = Aechmea fasciata inflorescence.jpg
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| image_width = 200px
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| image_caption = ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' [[inflorescence]]
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| regnum = Plantae
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|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
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|unranked_classis = Monocots
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|unranked_ordo = Commelinids
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|ordo = Poales
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|familia = Bromeliaceae
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|subfamilia = Bromelioideae
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|genus = Aechmea
   
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'''''Aechmea''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of the [[botany|botanical]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Bromeliaceae]], subfamily [[Bromelioideae]]. The name comes from the Greek “aichme” (a spear). ''Aechmea'' has 8 subgenera and 255 species distributed from [[Mexico]] through [[South America]]. Most of the species in this genus are [[epiphyte]]s.
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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.
 
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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==Species==
 
==Species==
''Aechmea'' has more than 140 species distributed from [[Mexico]] through [[South America]]. Most of the species in this genus are [[epiphyte]]s.
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''Aechmea'' has 8 subgenera and 255 species
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Subgenera:
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* ''Aechmea'' Baker
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* ''[[Chevaliera]]'' (Gaudichaud ex Beer) Baker
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* ''[[Lamprococcus]]'' (Beer) Baker
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* ''[[Macrochordion]]'' (De Vriese) Baker
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* ''[[Ortgiesia]]'' (Regel) Mez
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* ''[[Platyaechmea]]'' (Baker) Baker
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* ''[[Podaechmea]]'' Mez
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* ''[[Pothuava]]'' (Baker) Baker
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Species:
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* ''[[Aechmea abbreviata]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea aciculosa]]'' Mez & Sodiro
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* ''[[Aechmea aculeatosepala]]'' (Rauh & Barthlott) Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea alba]]'' Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea alegrensis]]'' W. Weber
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* ''[[Aechmea allenii]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea alopecurus]]'' Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea amicorum]]'' B.R. Silva & H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea amorimii]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea ampla]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea andersoniana]]'' Leme & H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea andersonii]]'' H. Luther & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea angustifolia]]'' Poeppig & Endlicher
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* ''[[Aechmea anomala]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea apocalyptica]]'' Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea aquilega]]'' (Salisbury) Grisebach
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** var. ''aquilega''
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*** forma ''alba'' Oliva-Esteve
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* ''[[Aechmea araneosa]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea arenaria]]'' (Ule) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea aripensis]]'' (N.E. Brown) Pittendrigh
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* ''[[Aechmea atrovittata]]'' Leme & J.A. Siqueira
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* ''[[Aechmea azurea]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea bahiana]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea bambusoides]]'' L.B. Smith & Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea beeriana]]'' L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea bicolor]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea biflora]]'' (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea blanchetiana]]'' (Baker) L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea blumenavii]]'' Reitz
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** var. ''alba'' Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea bocainensis]]'' E. Pereira & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea brachystachya]]'' (Harms) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea bracteata]]'' (Swartz) Grisebach
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** var. ''pacifica'' Beutelspacher
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* ''[[Aechmea brassicoides]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea brevicollis]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea bromeliifolia]]'' (Rudge) Baker
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** var. ''albobracteata'' Philcox
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** var. ''angustispica'' Philcox
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* ''[[Aechmea brueggeri]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea burle-marxii]]'' E. Pereira
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* ''[[Aechmea caesia]]'' E. Morren ex Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea callichroma]]'' R.W. Read & Baensch
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* ''[[Aechmea calyculata]]'' (E. Morren) Baker
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** var. ''variegata'' T. Strehl
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* ''[[Aechmea campanulata]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea canaliculata]]'' Leme & H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea candida]]'' E. Morren ex Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea capixabae]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea cariocae]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea carvalhoi]]'' E. Pereira & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea castanea]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea castelnavii]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea catendensis]]'' J.A. Siqueira & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea cathcartii]]'' C.F. Reed & R.W. Read
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* ''[[Aechmea caudata]]'' Lindman
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** var. ''caudata''
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*** forma ''albiflora'' W. Weber & Röth
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** var. ''variegata'' M.B. Foster
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** var. ''eipperi'' Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea cephaloides]]'' J.A. Siqueira & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea chantinii]]'' (Carrière) Baker
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** var. ''chantinii''
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*** forma ''amazonica'' (Ule) H. Luther
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** var. ''fuchsii'' H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea chlorophylla]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea chrysocoma]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea coelestis]]'' (K. Koch) E. Morren
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** var. ''albomarginata'' M.B. Foster
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** var. ''acutifolia'' E. Pereira
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* ''[[Aechmea colombiana]]'' (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea comata]]'' (Gaudichaud) Baker
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** [[Aechmea_comata_var._makoyana|var. ''makoyana'']] (Mez) L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea confusa]]'' H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea conifera]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea contracta]]'' (Martius ex Schultes f.) Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea correia-araujoi]]'' E. Pereira & Moutinho
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* ''[[Aechmea corymbosa]]'' (Martius ex Schultes f.) Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea costantinii]]'' (Mez) L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea cucullata]]'' H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea cylindrata]]'' Lindman
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* ''[[Aechmea cymosopaniculata]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea dactylina]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea dealbata]]'' E. Morren ex Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea decurva]]'' Proctor
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* ''[[Aechmea depressa]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea dichlamydea]]'' Baker
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** var. ''pariaensis'' Pittendrigh
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** var. ''trinitensis'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea digitata]]'' L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
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* ''[[Aechmea discordiae]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea disjuncta]]'' (L.B. Smith) Leme & J.A. Siqueira
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* ''[[Aechmea distichantha]]'' Lemaire
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** var. ''distichantha''
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*** forma ''albiflora'' L.B. Smith
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** var. ''schlumbergeri'' E. Morren ex Mez
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** var. ''glaziovii'' (Baker) L.B. Smith
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** var. ''vernicosa'' E. Pereira
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* ''[[Aechmea downsiana]]'' Pittendrigh
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* ''[[Aechmea drakeana]]'' André
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* ''[[Aechmea echinata]]'' (Leme) Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea egleriana]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea emmerichiae]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea entringeri]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea eurycorymbus]]'' Harms
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* ''[[Aechmea farinosa]]'' (Regel) L.B. Smith
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** var. ''conglomerata'' (Baker) L.B. Smith
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** var. ''discolor'' (Beer) L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' (Lindley) Baker
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** var. ''purpurea'' (Guillon) Mez
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** var. ''flavivittata'' Reitz
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** var. ''pruinosa'' Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea fendleri]]'' André ex Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea fernandae]]'' (E. Morren) Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea ferruginea]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea filicaulis]]'' (Grisebach) Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea flavorosea]]'' E. Pereira
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* ''[[Aechmea flemingii]]'' H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea floribunda]]'' Martius ex Schultes f.
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* ''[[Aechmea fosteriana]]'' L.B. Smith
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** var. ''rupicola'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea fraseri]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea frassyi]]'' Leme & J.A. Siqueira
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* ''[[Aechmea fraudulosa]]'' Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea froesii]]'' (L.B. Smith) Leme & J.A. Siqueira
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* ''[[Aechmea fuerstenbergii]]'' E. Morren & Wittmack
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* ''[[Aechmea fulgens]]'' Brongniart
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** var. ''discolor'' (C. Morren) Brongniart
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* ''[[Aechmea galeottii]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea gamosepala]]'' Wittmack
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** var. ''nivea'' Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea geminiflora]]'' (Harms) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea germinyana]]'' (Carrière) Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea gigantea]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea glandulosa]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea gracilis]]'' Lindman
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* ''[[Aechmea grazielae]]'' Martinelli & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea guainumbiorum]]'' J.A. Siqueira & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea guaratubensis]]'' E. Pereira
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* ''[[Aechmea gurkeniana]]'' E. Pereira & Moutinho
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* ''[[Aechmea gustavoi]]'' J.A. Siqueira & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea haltonii]]'' H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea hoppii]]'' (Harms) L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea huebneri]]'' Harms
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* ''[[Aechmea iguana]]'' Wittmack
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* ''[[Aechmea incompta]]'' Leme & H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea involucrata]]'' André
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* ''[[Aechmea joannis]]'' T. Strehl
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** var. ''alvipetala'' T. Strehl
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* ''[[Aechmea kentii]]'' (H. Luther) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea kertesziae]]'' Reitz
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** var. ''viridiaurata'' Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea kleinii]]'' Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea koesteri]]'' Manzanares
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* ''[[Aechmea kuntzeana]]'' Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea lactifera]]'' Leme & J.A. Siqueira
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* ''[[Aechmea laevigata]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea lamarchei]]'' Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea lanata]]'' (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea ×lanjouwii]]'' (L.B. Smith) Gouda & Moonen
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* ''[[Aechmea lasseri]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea latifolia]]'' (Willdenow ex Schultes f.) Klotzsch ex Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea leonard-kentiana]]'' H. Luther & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea leptantha]]'' (Harms) Leme & J.A. Siqueira
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* ''[[Aechmea leucolepis]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea lingulata]]'' (Linnaeus) Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea lingulatoides]]'' Leme & H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea linharesiorum]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea longicuspis]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea longifolia]]'' (Rudge) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea lueddemanniana]]'' (K. Koch) Mez in Engler
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* ''[[Aechmea lugoi]]'' (Gilmartin & H. Luther) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea lymanii]]'' W. Weber
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* ''[[Aechmea maasii]]'' Gouda & W. Till
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* ''[[Aechmea macrochlamys]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea maculata]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea magdalenae]]'' (André) André ex Baker
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** var. ''quadricolor'' M.B. Foster
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* ''[[Aechmea manzanaresiana]]'' H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea marauensis]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea marginalis]]'' Leme & J.A. Siqueira
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* ''[[Aechmea mariae-reginae]]'' H. Wendland
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* ''[[Aechmea melinonii]]'' Hooker
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* ''[[Aechmea mertensii]]'' (G. Meyer) Schultes f.
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* ''[[Aechmea mexicana]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea microcephala]]'' E. Pereira & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea milsteiniana]]'' L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
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* ''[[Aechmea miniata]]'' (Beer) hortus ex Baker
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** var. ''discolor'' (Beer) Beer
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* ''[[Aechmea mira]]'' Leme & H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea mollis]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea moonenii]]'' Gouda
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* ''[[Aechmea moorei]]'' H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea mulfordii]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea multiflora]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea murcae]]'' (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea muricata]]'' (Arruda) L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea mutica]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea nallyi]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea napoensis]]'' L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea nidularioides]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea nivea]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea nudicaulis]]'' (Linnaeus) Grisebach
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** var. ''cuspidata'' Baker
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*** forma ''tabuleirensis'' (Reitz) Reitz
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** var. ''aureorosea'' (Antoine) L.B. Smith
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** var. ''aequalis'' L.B. Smith & Reitz
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** var. ''flavomarginata'' E. Pereira
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** var. ''simulans'' E. Pereira
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** var. ''plurifolia'' E. Pereira
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** var. ''capitata'' Reitz
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** var. ''nordestina'' J.A. Siqueira & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea organensis]]'' Wawra
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* ''[[Aechmea orlandiana]]'' L.B. Smith
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** ssp. ''belloi'' E. Pereira & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea ornata]]'' Baker
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** var. ''hoehneana'' L.B. Smith
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** var. ''nationalis'' Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea pabstii]]'' E. Pereira & Moutinho
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* ''[[Aechmea pallida]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea paniculata]]'' Ruiz & Pavón
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* ''[[Aechmea paniculigera]]'' (Swartz) Grisebach
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* ''[[Aechmea paradoxa]]'' (Leme) Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea patentissima]]'' (Martius ex Schultes & Schultes f.) Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea patriciae]]'' H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea pectinata]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea pedicellata]]'' Leme & H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea penduliflora]]'' André
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* ''[[Aechmea perforata]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea pernambucentris]]'' J.A. Siqueira & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea phanerophlebia]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea pimenti-velosoi]]'' Reitz
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** var. ''glabra'' Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea pineliana]]'' (Brongniart ex Planchon) Baker
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** var. ''minuta'' M.B. Foster
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* ''[[Aechmea pittieri]]'' Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea podantha]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea poitaei]]'' (Baker) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea politii]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea polyantha]]'' E. Pereira & Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea prancei]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea prava]]'' E. Pereira
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* ''[[Aechmea pseudonudicaulis]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea pubescens]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea purpureorosea]]'' (Hooker) Wawra
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* ''[[Aechmea pyramidalis]]'' Bentham
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* ''[[Aechmea racinae]]'' L.B. Smith
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** var. ''tubiformis'' E. Pereira
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** var. ''erecta'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea ramosa]]'' Martius ex Schultes f.
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** var. ''festiva'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea ramusculosa]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea reclinata]]'' C. Sastre & R. Brithmer
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* ''[[Aechmea recurvata]]'' (Klotzsch) L.B. Smith
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** var. ''ortgiesii'' (Baker) Reitz
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** var. ''benrathii'' (Mez) Reitz
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** var. ''albobracteata'' T. Strehl
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* ''[[Aechmea retusa]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea roberto-anselmoi]]'' E. Pereira & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea roberto-seidelii]]'' E. Pereira
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* ''[[Aechmea rodriguesiana]]'' (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea roeseliae]]'' H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea romeroi]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea rubens]]'' (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea rubiginosa]]'' Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea rubrolilacina]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea saxicola]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea seideliana]]'' W. Weber
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* ''[[Aechmea seidelii]]'' (Leme) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea serragrandensis]]'' Leme & J.A. Siqueira
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* ''[[Aechmea serrata]]'' (Linnaeus) Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea servitensis]]'' André
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** var. ''exigua'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea setigera]]'' Martius ex Schultes f.
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* ''[[Aechmea smithiorum]]'' Mez
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** var. ''longistipitata'' E. Gross
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* ''[[Aechmea spectabilis]]'' Brongniart ex Houllet
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* ''[[Aechmea sphaerocephala]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea squarrosa]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea stenosepala]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea streptocalycoides]]'' Philcox
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* ''[[Aechmea strobilacea]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea strobilina]]'' (Beurling) L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
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* ''[[Aechmea subpetiolata]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea sucreana]]'' Martinelli & C. Vieira
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* ''[[Aechmea sulbahianensis]]'' Leme, Amorim & J.A. Siqueira
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* ''[[Aechmea tayoensis]]'' Gilmartin
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* ''[[Aechmea tentaculifera]]'' Leme, Amorim & J.A. Siqueira
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* ''[[Aechmea tessmannii]]'' Harms
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* ''[[Aechmea tillandsioides]]'' (Martius ex Schultes f.) Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea tocantina]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea tomentosa]]'' Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea tonduzii]]'' Mez & Pittier ex Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea triangularis]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea triticina]]'' Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea turbinocalyx]]'' Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea vanhoutteana]]'' (Van Houtte) Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea vasquezii]]'' H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea veitchii]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea victoriana]]'' L.B. Smith
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** var. ''discolor'' M.B. Foster
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* ''[[Aechmea viridostigma]]'' Leme & H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea warasii]]'' E. Pereira
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** var. ''discolor'' E. Pereira
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** var. ''intermedia'' (E. Pereira) E. Pereira & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea weberbaueri]]'' Harms
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* ''[[Aechmea weberi]]'' (E. Pereira & Leme) Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea weilbachii]]'' Didrichsen
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** var. ''weilbachii''
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*** forma ''pendula'' Reitz
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*** forma ''leodiensis'' (André) E. Pereira & Leme
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*** forma ''viridisepala'' E. Pereira & Leme
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** var. ''albipetala'' Leme & A. Costa
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* ''[[Aechmea werdermannii]]'' Harms
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* ''[[Aechmea williamsii]]'' (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea winkleri]]'' Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea wittmackiana]]'' (Regel) Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea woronowii]]'' Harms
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* ''[[Aechmea wuelfinghoffii]]'' E. Gross
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* ''[[Aechmea zebrina]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea abbreviata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea aciculosa]]''
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*A. aurantiaca, Baker~Canistrum aurantiacum.
* ''[[Aechmea angustifolia]]''
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*A. Barleei, Baker. Corolla pale yellow. Honduras.
* ''[[Aechmea apocalyptica]]''
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*A. brasiliensis, Regel. Lvs. rauch dilated at base, whitish below, black-toothed: petals light blue: calyx and rachis red: panicle branched. Brazil.
* ''[[Aechmea aquilegia]]''
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*A. bromeliaefolia. Baker. Dense spike: Lvs. whitish below, 3-4 ft. long, serrate or spinescent: fls. light yellow. S. Amer.
* ''[[Aechmea beeriana]]''
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*A. Cornui, Carr.~A. nudicaulis.
* ''[[Aechmea blanchetiana]]''
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*A. Drakeana, Andre. Lvs. whitish, finely dentate: spike simple and lax; fls. long-tubular, light blue; bracts and ovaries coral-red: berries rose, becoming blue. S. Amer.
* ''[[Aechmea blumenavii]]''
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*A. exsudans, Morr.~Gravisia exsudans.
* ''[[Aechmea bracteata]]''
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*A. Furstenbergii, Morr.~Streptocalyx Furstenbergii.
* ''[[Aechmea bromeliifolia]]''
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*A. gigas, Morr. Floral lvs. crimson: fls. in a dense infl.; sepals white, lepidote; corolla pale green. Brazil.
* ''[[Aechmea caesia]]''
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*A. glomerata, Hook.~Hohenbergia stellata, Schult.
* ''[[Aechmea calyculata]]''
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*A. Hystrix, Morr. Lvs. lepidote, whitish, crowded: spike oblong, dense; fls. purple, tomentose. Guiana.
* ''[[Aechmea candida]]''
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*A. lavandulacea, C. H. Wright. Fls. distichous, paniculate, the sepals awned. green, the petals deep violet. Grenada. B.M. 8005.
* ''[[Aechmea caudata]]''
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*A. macracantha, Brongn. ~A. Schiedeana.
* ''[[Aechmea chantinii]]'' - Amazonian Zebra Plant
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*A. Melinonii, Hook. Panicle 3-pinnate, dense; petals bright red: lvs. spiny. 1 1/2-2 ft. Guiana.
* ''[[Aechmea coelestis]]''
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*A. mexicana, Baker. Lvs. long and large, fine-toothed: panicle 2-pinnate. long and lax, the peduncles mealy; petals crimson. Mex.
* ''[[Aechmea cylindrata]]''
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*A. miniata, Hort.~Bilibergia thyrsoidea(?).
* ''[[Aechmea dealbata]]''
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*A. myriophylla, Morr. Allied to A. distichantha. Lvs, narrow, 2-3 ft., spiny, silvery-scaly on the back: fls. red, the petals fading blue. Trop. Amer. B.M. 6939.
* ''[[Aechmea distichantha]]'' - Brazilian Vaseplant, Vase Plant
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*A. nudicaulis. Griseo. Lvs. long and straight, brown-toothed: bract-lvs. subtending: spike large, brilliant red; petals yellow. Trop. Amer. R.H. 1885:36 (as A. Cornui, which is a form with shorter and denser spike).
* ''[[Aechmea drakeana]]''
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*A. paniculigera, Griseb. Lvs. large and long: panicle 1-2 ft. long, with few-fld. branches: scape tall, reddish, downy; fls. purple. Trop. Amer.
* ''[[Aechmea emmerichiae]]''
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*A. Schiedeana, Schlecht. (A. macracantha. Brongn.). Lvs. large, rigid, strongly armed: panicle 3-pinnate, pubescent: fls. pale yellow. Mex. Gt. 43 p. 175.
* ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' - Silver-Vase, Urn Plant
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*A. serrata, Mez. Panicle very dense, bipinnate; fls. distichous, sessile; sepals spinulose; petals violet, mucronate. Martinique.
* ''[[Aechmea filicaulis]]''
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*A. zebrina~Billbergia zebrina.
* ''[[Aechmea flavorosea]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea fosteriana]]'' - Lacquered Wine Cup, Foster's Bromeliad
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* ''[[Aechmea fulgens]]'' - Coralberry
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* ''[[Aechmea gamosepala]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea hoppi]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea kentii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea kleinii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea kuntzeana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea lindenii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea lingulata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea longifolia]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea lueddemanniana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea magdalenae]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea mariae-reginae]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea mexicana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea miniata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea mulfordii]]'' - Living Vase Bromelia
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* ''[[Aechmea nudicaulis]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea orlandiana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea pedicellata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea perforata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea pimenti-velosii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea pineliana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea purpureorosea]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea recurvata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea rodriguesiana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea spectabilis]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea tillandsioides]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea veitchii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea victoriana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea weilbachii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea zebrina]]''
      
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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