Aechmea penduliflora

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Aechmea penduliflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Aechmea
Species:
A. penduliflora
Binomial name
Aechmea penduliflora
Synonyms[1]
  • Billbergia paniculata Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Aechmea schultesiana Mez
  • Aechmea friedrichsthalii Mez & Donn.Sm.
  • Aechmea inermis Mez

Aechmea penduliflora is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family.[2] It is native to Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama) and northern South America (Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador).[1][3][4][5]

Cultivars[edit]

  • Aechmea 'RaRu'
  • Aechmea 'Valencia'
  • Aechmea 'Wally's Wand'[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ "Aechmea penduliflora André". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  3. ^ Luther, Harry E. (1995). "An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica". Selbyana. 16 (2): 230–234. ISSN 0361-185X. JSTOR 41759911.
  4. ^ Holst, Bruce K. (1 February 1994). "Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 15 (1). ISSN 2689-0682. JSTOR 41759858.
  5. ^ Luther, H.E. (1999). "Bromeliaceae". In Jørgensen, P.M.; León-Yánez, S. (eds.). Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador = Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Ecuador (PDF). St. Louis, Mo.: Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 337–361. ISBN 978-0915279609. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2006.
  6. ^ BSI Cultivar Registry Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 October 2009