Pseudaechmea

Pseudaechmea is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus name is from the Greek pseudos (false) and the genus Aechmea.^{[1][citation needed]} The genus was established by Lyman Smith and R.W. Read in 1982.^[2] The sole species is Pseudaechmea ambigua, treated as a synonym of Billbergia ambigua by Plants of the World Online as of November 2022^[update].

Pseudaechmea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Pseudaechmea L.B.Sm. & Read
Species:	P. ambigua
Binomial name
Pseudaechmea ambigua L.B.Sm. & Read
Synonyms
Billbergia ambigua (L.B.Sm. & Read) Betancur & N.R.Salinas