Aechmea penduliflora

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Aechmea penduliflora
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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. penduliflora
Binomial name
Aechmea penduliflora
Synonyms [1]
  • Billbergia paniculataMart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Aechmea schultesianaMez
  • Aechmea friedrichsthaliiMez & Donn.Sm.
  • Aechmea inermisMez

Aechmea penduliflora is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. [2] It is native to Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama) and northern South America (Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador). [1] [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Aechmea penduliflora André". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  3. Luther, Harry E. (1995). "An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica". Selbyana. 16 (2): 230–234. ISSN   0361-185X. JSTOR   41759911.
  4. Holst, Bruce K. (1 February 1994). "Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 15 (1). ISSN   2689-0682. JSTOR   41759858.
  5. Luther, H.E. (1999). "Bromeliaceae". In Jørgensen, P.M.; León-Yánez, S. (eds.). Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador = Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Ecuador (PDF). St. Louis, Mo.: Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 337–361. ISBN   978-0915279609. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2006.
  6. BSI Cultivar Registry Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 October 2009