Aechmea
Aechmea is a genus in the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The name comes from the Greek aichme (a spear). Aechmea has eight subgenera and 255 species distributed from Mexico through South America. Most of the species in this genus are epiphytes.
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Aechmea fasciata inflorescence | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Bromeliaceae |
Subfamily: | Bromelioideae |
Genus: | Aechmea Ruiz & Pav. |
Species | |
Over 250, see text. | |
Synonyms | |
Echinostachys Brongn. ex Planch. 1854 not E. Mey. 1838 |
Subgenera
- Aechmea subg. Aechmea Baker
- Aechmea subg. Chevaliera (Gaudichaud ex Beer) Baker
- Aechmea subg. Lamprococcus (Beer) Baker
- Aechmea subg. Macrochordion (De Vriese) Baker
- Aechmea subg. Ortgiesia (Regel) Mez
- Aechmea subg. Platyaechmea (Baker) Baker
- Aechmea subg. Podaechmea Mez
- Aechmea subg. Pothuava (Baker) Baker
Species
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Cultivars
- Aechmea 'Blue Tango' Bullis, Patricia Elena Gomez
- Aechmea 'Burgundy'
- Aechmea 'Fire'
- Aechmea 'Gympie Gold'
- Aechmea 'Jeanie'
- Aechmea 'Malva'
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gollark: Your code is only resumed/executed when there is an event.
gollark: That's just... not how the coroutine system works.
gollark: But you can't just "call it when it's nonempty".
gollark: `coroutine.yield`, which `os.pullEvent` is a wrapper for.
External links
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Aechmea
- SysTax: Aechmea
- (in Portuguese) Flora Brasiliensis: Aechmea
- BSI Genera Gallery photos
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