Aechmea tayoensis

Aechmea tayoensis is a species of plant in the family Bromeliaceae. It is endemic to Morona-Santiago Province in Ecuador.[2][3] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[4]

Aechmea tayoensis
Aechmea tayoensis
at Denver Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Chevaliera
Species:
A. tayoensis
Binomial name
Aechmea tayoensis
Gilmartin
Synonyms[2]

Chevaliera tayoensis (Gilmartin) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress

References

  1. Manzanares, J.M. & Pitman, N. 2003. Aechmea tayoensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003. Downloaded on 9 September 2015.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181
  4. Gilmartin, Amy Jean 1981. A new species of Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) from Ecuador. Selbyana 5(3–4): 309.


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