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Macrochordium (long or large tube). Bromeliaceae. A few S. American plants usually referred to Aechmea. M. strictum, Beer, is referred by Mez to Aechmea bromeliaefolia, Baker. (See p. 222, Vol. I.) The species is characterized by white-scurfy lvs.. simple dense, woolly spikes overtopping the foliage: fls. with yellowish green calyx and small exserted purple-black petals. M. luteum, Regel & Lind.= aechmea calyculata; M. pulchrum, Beer, and M. tinctorium, De Vriese, also Aechmea bromeliaefolia.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->

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