Aechmea cylindrata

Aechmea cylindrata is a bromeliad, native to southeastern Brazil from São Paulo to Santa Catarina.[1][2][3] This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius,[4] and it is often used as an ornamental plant.

Aechmea cylindrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Ortgiesia
Species:
A. cylindrata
Binomial name
Aechmea cylindrata
Synonyms[1]
  • Aechmea hyacinthus F.Muell.
  • Ortgiesia cylindrata (Lindm.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress
  • Aechmea cylindrata var. micrantha Lindm.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  3. Martinelli, G., Magalhães Vieira, C., Gonzalez, M., Leitman, P., Piratininga, A. Ferreira da Costa, A. & Campostrini Forzza, R. (2008). Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 209-258.
  4. Flora Brasiliensis: Aechmea cylindrata


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