Aechmea bromeliifolia

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Aechmea bromeliifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Macrochordion
Species:
A. bromeliifolia
Binomial name
Aechmea bromeliifolia
Varieties
Synonyms [1]
  • Tillandsia bromeliifoliaRudge
  • Macrochordion bromeliifolium(Rudge) Beer
  • Hoiriri bromeliifolia(Rudge) Kuntze

Aechmea bromeliifolia is a bromeliad native to southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, and South America as far south as northern Argentina. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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Description

Aechmea bromeliifolia can be found growing on the ground or as an epiphyte both in hot jungles and in arid regions at an altitude of up to 2,500 feet. It grows bright green leaves that have prominent spines and a bottle-shaped rosette. The branched inflorescence bears red bracts with greenish-yellow petals; the flowers are followed by black berries that are considered edible. The red form of this plant is sometimes sold as Aechmea Schiedeana. [10]

Cultivars

Related Research Articles

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<i>Aechmea gamosepala</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Aechmea nudicaulis</i> Species of flowering plant

Aechmea nudicaulis is a bromeliad species in the genus Aechmea, which is often used as an ornamental plant. This species is native to Central America, the West Indies, central and southern Mexico, and northern and central South America.

<i>Aechmea distichantha</i> Species of flowering plant

Aechmea distichantha, the Brazilian vaseplant, or vase plant, is a bromeliad typical of Cerrado vegetation in Brazil, which is also native to northern Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant.

<i>Billbergia nutans</i> Species of epiphyte

Billbergia nutans, or Queen's-tears, is an epiphytic bromeliad native to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina.

<i>Hohenbergia stellata</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Aechmea coelestis</i> Species of flowering plant

Aechmea coelestis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aechmea. This is a species that is native to southeastern Brazil from Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina.

<i>Dyckia leptostachya</i> Species of flowering plant

Dyckia leptostachya is a plant species in the genus Dyckia. This species is native to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina.

<i>Aechmea aquilega</i> Species of flowering plant

Aechmea aquilega is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad, Jamaica and Costa Rica.

<i>Aechmea bambusoides</i> Species of flowering plant

Aechmea bambusoides is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is endemic to Brazil. It is native to the States of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. Mature fruits (berries) are pyriform, white and contain seeds spread in a fleshy transparent mucilage. Seeds are falcate-shaped, with a narrow micropylar portion, rough texture, brown-red colour and no appendages.

<i>Aechmea emmerichiae</i> Species of flowering plant

Aechmea emmerichiae is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aechmea. This species is endemic to Chapada Diamantina National Park in eastern Brazil.

Aechmea organensis is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is endemic to southeastern Brazil.

<i>Tillandsia geminiflora</i>

Tillandsia geminiflora is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Brazil, Suriname, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the Misiones Province of Argentina.

<i>Tillandsia polystachia</i> Species of epiphyte

Tillandsia polystachia is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America, the West Indies, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela.

<i>Aechmea bracteata</i> Species of flowering plant

Aechmea bracteata is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Central America, Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela; it is also reportedly naturalized in the Bahamas.

<i>Aechmea lueddemanniana</i> Species of flowering plant

Aechmea lueddemanniana is a species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua and southern Mexico as far north as Veracruz.

<i>Aechmea setigera</i> Species of flowering plant

Aechmea setigera is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, and northern Brazil.

<i>Aechmea lingulata</i> Species of flowering plant

Aechmea lingulata is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to the West Indies, Costa Rica, Panama and northern South America.

<i>Dyckia rariflora</i> Species of flowering plant

Dyckia rariflora is a plant species in the genus Dyckia endemic to the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil.

<i>Dyckia remotiflora</i> Species of flowering plant

Dyckia remotiflora is a plant species in the genus Dyckia. It is native to Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil.

References

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  2. ↑ Versieux, L.M. & Wendt, T. (2006). Checklist of Bromeliaceae of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with notes on taxonomy and endemism. Selbyana 27: 107-146.
  3. ↑ Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  4. ↑ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  5. ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  6. ↑ Martinelli, G., Magalhães Vieira, C., Gonzalez, M., Leitman, P., Piratininga, A. Ferreira da Costa, A. & Campostrini Forzza, R. (2008). Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 209-258.
  7. ↑ Aguirre-Santoro, Julian; Betancur, Julio (2008). "Sinopsis del Género Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) para Colombia" [Synopsis of Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) for Colombia]. Caldasia (in Spanish). 30 (2): 265–288. ISSN   0366-5232. JSTOR   23641894.
  8. ↑ Versieux, L.M., Wendt, T., Batista Louzada, R. & das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M. (2008 publ. 2009). Bromeliaceae da Cadeia do Espinhaço. Megadiversidade 4: 98-110.
  9. ↑ Krömer, Thorsten; Kessler, Michael; Holst, Bruce K.; Luther, Harry E.; Gouda, Eric J.; Ibisch, Pierre L.; Till, Walter; Vásquez, Roberto (1 October 1999). "Checklist of Bolivian Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 20 (2): 201–223. ISSN   2689-0682. JSTOR   41760025.
  10. ↑ Padilla, Victoria (1973). Bromeliads . New York: Crown Publishers. pp.  60. ISBN   0517562413.
  11. ↑ BSI Cultivar Registry Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 October 2009


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