Aechmea tillandsioides

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Aechmea tillandsioides
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illustration circa 1900 [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Platyaechmea
Species:
A. tillandsioides
Binomial name
Aechmea tillandsioides
Synonyms [1]
  • Billbergia tillandsioidesMart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Ortgiesia tillandsioides(Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Regel
  • Portea tillandsioides(Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) G.Nicholson
  • Platyaechmea tillandsioides(Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress
  • Billbergia gracilisPoepp. ex Beer
  • Platystachys gracilisBeer
  • Ortgiesia tillandsioides var. nidulansRegel
  • Aechmea vrieseoidesBaker
  • Aechmea chiriquensisBaker
  • Aechmea xiphophyllaBaker
  • Aechmea kienastiiE.Morren ex Mez
  • Aechmea tillandsioides var. kienastii(E.Morren ex Mez) L.B.Sm.
  • Platyaechmea tillandsioides var. kienastii(E.Morren ex Mez) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress

Aechmea tillandsioides is a bromeliad widespread across southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, northern Brazil). [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] It is widely cultivated in other regions as an ornamental plant. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. [1]

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References

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  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Espejo-Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2005). Bromeliaceae. Flora de Veracruz 136: 1-307. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.
  4. Espejo-Serna, A., López-Ferrari, A.R., Martínez-Correa, N. & Pulido-Esparza, V.A. (2007). Bromeliad flora of Oaxaca, Mexico: richness and distribution. Acta Botanica Mexicana 81: 71-147. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
  5. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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