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]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
| Aechmea tillandsioides |
 |
| illustration circa 1900[1] |
| Scientific 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
|
| Synonyms[1] |
- 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
|
Close
