Aechmea bracteata

Aechmea bracteata is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Central America, Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela; it is also reportedly naturalized in the Bahamas.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Aechmea bracteata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Aechmea
Species:
A. bracteata
Binomial name
Aechmea bracteata
(Swartz) Grisebach
Synonyms[1]
  • Bromelia bracteata Sw.
  • Hoplophytum bracteatum (Sw.) K.Koch
  • Hohenbergia bracteata (Sw.) Baker
  • Aechmea schiedeana Schltdl.
  • Aechmea laxiflora Benth.
  • Hohenbergia bracteata Beer
  • Hohenbergia laxiflora (Benth.) Baker
  • Aechmea regularis Baker
  • Aechmea macracantha Brongn. ex André
  • Aechmea barleei Baker
  • Aechmea isabellina Baker
  • Tillandsia spinosa Sessé & Moc.
  • Aechmea bracteata var. pacifica Beutelsp.
Red bract and inflorescence
Aechmea bracteata

Cultivars
  • Aechmea 'Tritone'[12]
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References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Pulido-Esparza, V.A., López-Ferrari, A.R. & Espejo-Serna, A. (2004). Flora Bromeliológia del estado de Guerrero, México: riqueza y distribución. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de México 75: 55-104.
  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. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  9. Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism Archived 2007-10-30 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 3 November 2009
  10. An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica retrieved 3 November 2009
  11. Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism retrieved 3 November 2009
  12. BSI Cultivar Registry Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 October 2009


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