Aechmea pineliana

Aechmea pineliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Bromelioideae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Pothuava
Species: A. pineliana
Binomial name
Aechmea pineliana
Baker
Synonyms[1]
  • Echinostachys pineliana Brongn. ex Planch.
  • Macrochordion pinelianum (Brongn. ex Planch.) Lem.
  • Pothuava pineliana (Brongn. ex Planch.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress
  • Echinostachys rosea Beer
  • Aechmea triticina var. capensis L.B.Sm.
  • Pothuava triticina var. capensis (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress

Aechmea pineliana is a bromeliad typical of Atlantic Forest vegetation in Brazil, specially in following states: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, and it is often used as an ornamental plant.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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