Aechmea echinata

Aechmea echinata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aechmea. This species is endemic to the State of Bahia in eastern Brazil.^[1][2]

Aechmea echinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Aechmea
Subgenus:	Aechmea subg. Aechmea
Species:	A. echinata
Binomial name
Aechmea echinata (Leme) Leme
Synonyms[1]
Wittrockia echinata Leme

The Latin specific epithet of echinata refers to hedgehog, from echinus.^[3]