Aechmea tillandsioides

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]

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

Cultivars
  • Aechmea 'Tillantini'[8]

References
  1. Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), August Wilhelm Eichler (1839-1887), Ignaz Urban (1848-1931) - Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 3 pt. 3 tab. 70
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Espejo-Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2005). Bromeliaceae. Flora de Veracruz 136: 1-307. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.
  4. Espejo-Serna, A., López-Ferrari, A.R., Martínez-Correa, N. & Pulido-Esparza, V.A. (2007). Bromeliad flora of Oaxaca, Mexico: richness and distribution. Acta Botanica Mexicana 81: 71-147. Instituto de Ecología A.C..
  5. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  6. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  7. Aguirre-Santoro, J. & Betancur, J. (2008). Sinopsis del Género Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) para Colombia. Caldasia 30: 265-288.
  8. BSI Cultivar Registry Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 October 2009


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