Aechmea paniculigera

Aechmea paniculigera is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. It grows in Colombia, Venezuela and Jamaica.[1][2][3][4]

Aechmea paniculigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Aechmea
Species:
A. paniculigera
Binomial name
Aechmea paniculigera
(Swartz) Grisebach
Synonyms[1]
  • Bromelia paniculigera Sw.
  • Hohenbergia paniculigera (Sw.) Baker
  • Bromelia paniculata J.F.Gmel.
  • Bromelia latifolia Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Aechmea columnaris André
  • Aechmea latifolia (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Klotzsch ex Baker
  • Aechmea chromatica C.H.Wright

Description
In flower, with a pool of water trapped at the base of the leaf

The pools of water trapped at the base of its leaves are home to various creatures including young bromeliad crabs and Damselfly.[5]

Open Flowers

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  3. Aguirre-Santoro, J. & Betancur, J. (2008). Sinopsis del Género Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) para Colombia. Caldasia 30: 265-288.
  4. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  5. retrieved 29 July 2009 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine


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