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Aechmea distichantha, Lem. Lvs. 2-3 ft. long, with a dilated base 4-5 in. long and half as wide, the blade rigid and channelled, edges prickly: scape 1-1 1/2ft.; fls. in a bipinnate panicle 4-7 in. long and half as wide, the petals tongue-shaped and red-purple, longer than the obtuse-cuspidate sepals; fl.-bract pocket-like, 1/4in. long. Brazil. B.M. 5447. J.F. 3:269.
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| name = Aechmea distichantha
| name = Aechmea distichantha
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| high = <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| high = <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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| origin = <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| origin = Brazil{{SCH}}
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
| lifespan = perennial
| lifespan = perennial
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|species = distichantha
|species = distichantha
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Aechmea distichantha, Lem. Lvs. 2-3 ft. long, with a dilated base 4-5 in. long and half as wide, the blade rigid and channelled, edges prickly: scape 1-1 1/2ft.; fls. in a bipinnate panicle 4-7 in. long and half as wide, the petals tongue-shaped and red-purple, longer than the obtuse-cuspidate sepals; fl.-bract pocket-like, 1/4in. long. Brazil.
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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Aechmea|genus page]].''
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Aechmea|genus page]].''