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Aechmea tillandsioides

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Species of plant

Aechmea tillandsioides
illustration circa 1900
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
(Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Baker
Synonyms
  • Billbergia tillandsioides Mart. 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 gracilis Poepp. ex Beer
  • Platystachys gracilis Beer
  • Ortgiesia tillandsioides var. nidulans Regel
  • Aechmea vrieseoides Baker
  • Aechmea chiriquensis Baker
  • Aechmea xiphophylla Baker
  • Aechmea kienastii E.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). It is widely cultivated in other regions as an ornamental plant. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

Cultivars

  • Aechmea 'Tillantini'

References

  1. ^ Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), August Wilhelm Eichler (1839-1887), Ignaz Urban (1848-1931) - Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 3 pt. 3 tab. 70
  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.
  6. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  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. BSI Cultivar Registry Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 October 2009

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Taxon identifiers
Aechmea tillandsioides
Billbergia tillandsioides


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