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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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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.
 
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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Culture same as [[Billbergia]].
 
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| origin = Mexico to S America
 
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| lifespan = perennial
 
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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.
 
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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==Species==
 
==Species==
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''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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* ''[[Aechmea abbreviata]]''
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Species:
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* ''[[Aechmea aciculosa]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea angustifolia]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea apocalyptica]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea aquilegia]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea abbreviata]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea beeriana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea aciculosa]]'' Mez & Sodiro
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* ''[[Aechmea blanchetiana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea aculeatosepala]]'' (Rauh & Barthlott) Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea blumenavii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea alba]]'' Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea bracteata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea alegrensis]]'' W. Weber
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* ''[[Aechmea bromeliifolia]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea allenii]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea caesia]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea alopecurus]]'' Mez
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* ''[[Aechmea calyculata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea amicorum]]'' B.R. Silva & H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea candida]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea amorimii]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea caudata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea ampla]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea chantinii]]'' - Amazonian Zebra Plant
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* ''[[Aechmea andersoniana]]'' Leme & H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea coelestis]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea andersonii]]'' H. Luther & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea cylindrata]]''  
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* ''[[Aechmea angustifolia]]'' Poeppig & Endlicher
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* ''[[Aechmea dealbata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea anomala]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea distichantha]]'' - Brazilian Vaseplant, Vase Plant
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* ''[[Aechmea apocalyptica]]'' Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea drakeana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea aquilega]]'' (Salisbury) Grisebach
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* ''[[Aechmea emmerichiae]]''
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** var. ''aquilega''
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* ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' - Silver-Vase, Urn Plant
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*** forma ''alba'' Oliva-Esteve
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* ''[[Aechmea filicaulis]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea araneosa]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea flavorosea]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea arenaria]]'' (Ule) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea fosteriana]]'' - Lacquered Wine Cup, Foster's Bromeliad
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* ''[[Aechmea aripensis]]'' (N.E. Brown) Pittendrigh
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* ''[[Aechmea fulgens]]'' - Coralberry
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* ''[[Aechmea atrovittata]]'' Leme & J.A. Siqueira
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* ''[[Aechmea gamosepala]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea azurea]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea hoppi]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea bahiana]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea kentii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea bambusoides]]'' L.B. Smith & Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea kleinii]]''  
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* ''[[Aechmea beeriana]]'' L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea kuntzeana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea bicolor]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea lindenii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea biflora]]'' (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea lingulata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea blanchetiana]]'' (Baker) L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea longifolia]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea blumenavii]]'' Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea lueddemanniana]]''
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** var. ''alba'' Reitz
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* ''[[Aechmea magdalenae]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea bocainensis]]'' E. Pereira & Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea mariae-reginae]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea brachystachya]]'' (Harms) L.B. Smith & M.A. Spencer
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* ''[[Aechmea mexicana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea bracteata]]'' (Swartz) Grisebach
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* ''[[Aechmea miniata]]''
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** var. ''pacifica'' Beutelspacher
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* ''[[Aechmea mulfordii]]'' - Living Vase Bromelia
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* ''[[Aechmea brassicoides]]'' Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea nudicaulis]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea brevicollis]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea orlandiana]]''  
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* ''[[Aechmea bromeliifolia]]'' (Rudge) Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea pedicellata]]''
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** var. ''albobracteata'' Philcox
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* ''[[Aechmea perforata]]''
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** var. ''angustispica'' Philcox
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* ''[[Aechmea pimenti-velosii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea brueggeri]]'' Leme
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* ''[[Aechmea pineliana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea burle-marxii]]'' E. Pereira
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* ''[[Aechmea purpureorosea]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea caesia]]'' E. Morren ex Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea recurvata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea callichroma]]'' R.W. Read & Baensch
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* ''[[Aechmea rodriguesiana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea calyculata]]'' (E. Morren) Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea spectabilis]]''
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** var. ''variegata'' T. Strehl
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* ''[[Aechmea tillandsioides]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea campanulata]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea veitchii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea canaliculata]]'' Leme & H. Luther
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* ''[[Aechmea victoriana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea candida]]'' E. Morren ex Baker
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* ''[[Aechmea weilbachii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea capixabae]]'' L.B. Smith
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* ''[[Aechmea zebrina]]''
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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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*A. aurantiaca, Baker~Canistrum aurantiacum.
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*A. Barleei, Baker. Corolla pale yellow. Honduras.
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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.
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*A. bromeliaefolia. Baker. Dense spike: Lvs. whitish below, 3-4 ft. long, serrate or spinescent: fls. light yellow. S. Amer.
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*A. Cornui, Carr.~A. nudicaulis.
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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.
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*A. exsudans, Morr.~Gravisia exsudans.
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*A. Furstenbergii, Morr.~Streptocalyx Furstenbergii.
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*A. gigas, Morr. Floral lvs. crimson: fls. in a dense infl.; sepals white, lepidote; corolla pale green. Brazil.
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*A. glomerata, Hook.~Hohenbergia stellata, Schult.
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*A. Hystrix, Morr. Lvs. lepidote, whitish, crowded: spike oblong, dense; fls. purple, tomentose. Guiana.
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*A. lavandulacea, C. H. Wright. Fls. distichous, paniculate, the sepals awned. green, the petals deep violet. Grenada. B.M. 8005.
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*A. macracantha, Brongn. ~A. Schiedeana.
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*A. Melinonii, Hook. Panicle 3-pinnate, dense; petals bright red: lvs. spiny. 1 1/2-2 ft. Guiana.
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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.
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*A. miniata, Hort.~Bilibergia thyrsoidea(?).
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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*A. serrata, Mez. Panicle very dense, bipinnate; fls. distichous, sessile; sepals spinulose; petals violet, mucronate. Martinique.
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*A. zebrina~Billbergia zebrina.
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Aechmea fasciata inflorescence


Plant Characteristics
Habit   bromeliad

Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ Mexico to S America
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ part-sun
Sunset Zones: 22-27, or indoors
Scientific Names

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Aechmea is a genus of the botanical 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 epiphytes.


Read about Aechmea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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.

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.

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.

Culture same as Billbergia.


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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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Species

Aechmea has 8 subgenera and 255 species

Subgenera:

Species:


Read about Aechmea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 
  • A. aurantiaca, Baker~Canistrum aurantiacum.
  • A. Barleei, Baker. Corolla pale yellow. Honduras.
  • A. brasiliensis, Regel. Lvs. rauch dilated at base, whitish below, black-toothed: petals light blue: calyx and rachis red: panicle branched. Brazil.
  • A. bromeliaefolia. Baker. Dense spike: Lvs. whitish below, 3-4 ft. long, serrate or spinescent: fls. light yellow. S. Amer.
  • A. Cornui, Carr.~A. nudicaulis.
  • 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.
  • A. exsudans, Morr.~Gravisia exsudans.
  • A. Furstenbergii, Morr.~Streptocalyx Furstenbergii.
  • A. gigas, Morr. Floral lvs. crimson: fls. in a dense infl.; sepals white, lepidote; corolla pale green. Brazil.
  • A. glomerata, Hook.~Hohenbergia stellata, Schult.
  • A. Hystrix, Morr. Lvs. lepidote, whitish, crowded: spike oblong, dense; fls. purple, tomentose. Guiana.
  • A. lavandulacea, C. H. Wright. Fls. distichous, paniculate, the sepals awned. green, the petals deep violet. Grenada. B.M. 8005.
  • A. macracantha, Brongn. ~A. Schiedeana.
  • A. Melinonii, Hook. Panicle 3-pinnate, dense; petals bright red: lvs. spiny. 1 1/2-2 ft. Guiana.
  • A. mexicana, Baker. Lvs. long and large, fine-toothed: panicle 2-pinnate. long and lax, the peduncles mealy; petals crimson. Mex.
  • A. miniata, Hort.~Bilibergia thyrsoidea(?).
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • A. paniculigera, Griseb. Lvs. large and long: panicle 1-2 ft. long, with few-fld. branches: scape tall, reddish, downy; fls. purple. Trop. Amer.
  • A. Schiedeana, Schlecht. (A. macracantha. Brongn.). Lvs. large, rigid, strongly armed: panicle 3-pinnate, pubescent: fls. pale yellow. Mex. Gt. 43 p. 175.
  • A. serrata, Mez. Panicle very dense, bipinnate; fls. distichous, sessile; sepals spinulose; petals violet, mucronate. Martinique.
  • A. zebrina~Billbergia zebrina.


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