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Aechmea gamosepala

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Bromeliaceae > Genus: Aechmea

Aechmea gamosepala var. nivea growing in suburban garden in Cape Town. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Native to Brazil. Cultivated in southern Africa.