Aechmea paniculigera

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Aechmea paniculigera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Aechmea
Species:
A. paniculigera
Binomial name
Aechmea paniculigera
(Swartz) Grisebach
Synonyms [1]
  • Bromelia paniculigeraSw.
  • Hohenbergia paniculigera(Sw.) Baker
  • Bromelia paniculataJ.F.Gmel.
  • Bromelia latifoliaWilld. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Aechmea columnarisAndré
  • Aechmea latifolia(Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Klotzsch ex Baker
  • Aechmea chromaticaC.H.Wright

Aechmea paniculigera is a plant species in the genus Aechmea . It grows in Colombia, Venezuela and Jamaica. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Description

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In flower, with a pool of water trapped at the base of the leaf

The pools of water trapped at the base of its leaves are home to various creatures including young bromeliad crabs and Damselfly. [5]

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Open Flowers

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  5. ↑ retrieved 29 July 2009 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine


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