Aechmea tillandsioides

Aechmea tillandsioides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Bromelioideae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: A. subg. Ortgiesia
Species: Aechmea tillandsioides

Name

• Aechmea tillandsioides (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Baker, J. Bot. 17: 134 (1879).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Billbergia tillandsioides Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1269 (1830).
• Homotypic
  • Ortgiesia tillandsioides (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 81 (1867).
  • Portea tillandsioides (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 3: 302 (1886).
  • Platyaechmea tillandsioides (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress, Phytologia 69: 274 (1990).
• Heterotypic
  • Billbergia gracilis Poepp. ex Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 254 (1856).
  • Platystachys gracilis Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 254 (1856), not validly publ.
  • Ortgiesia tillandsioides var. nidulans Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 81 (1867).
  • Aechmea vrieseoides Baker, J. Bot. 17: 134 (1879).
  • Aechmea chiriquensis Baker, J. Bot. 24: 243 (1886).
  • Aechmea xiphophylla Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 63 (1889).
  • Aechmea squarrosa Baker, J. Bot. 28: 305 (1890), nom. illeg.
  • Aechmea kienastii É.Morren ex Mez in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle (eds.), Monogr. Phan. 9: 243 (1896).
  • Aechmea tillandsioides var. kienastii (É.Morren ex Mez) L.B.Sm., Caldasia 1(5): 5 (1942).
  • Platyaechmea tillandsioides var. kienastii (É.Morren ex Mez) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress, Phytologia 69: 274 (1990).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional:Western South America Belize; Bolivia; Brazil North; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panam; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela Continental: Northern America Regional:Mexico Mexico Gulf; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Baker, J.G. (1874) J. Bot. 17: 134

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aechmea tillandsioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jun 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aechmea tillandsioides. Published online. Accessed: Jun 19 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Aechmea tillandsioides in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jun 19.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Aechmea tillandsioides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jun 2019.

Vernacular names

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