Aechmea subg. Podaechmea

Podaechmea is a subgenus of the genus Aechmea.

Aechmea subg. Podaechmea
Aechmea mexicana inflorescence at the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Aechmea
Subgenus:	Aechmea subg. Podaechmea Mez
Type species
Aechmea lueddmanniana
Species
See text

Species

Species accepted by Encyclopedia of Bromeliads as of October 2022:^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Aechmea aenigmatica Lopez-Ferrari, Espejo, Ceja & A.Mendoza	Mexico (Oaxaca)
	Aechmea baudoensis Aguirre-Santoro & Betancur	Colombia
	Aechmea ferruginea L.B.Sm.	Peru.
	Aechmea haltonii H.Luther	Panama.
	Aechmea lueddemanniana (K.Koch) Mez	Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua and southern Mexico
	Aechmea mexicana Baker	southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Ecuador.