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Monocotyledons / Monocotiledóneas
Aechmea angustifolia Poepp. & Endl.
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Holotype for Aechmea andradei Gilmartin
Catalog Number: US 2512081
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. J. Gilmartin
Year Collected: 1963
Locality: Esmeraldas., Esmeraldas, Ecuador, South America
Elevation (m): 50 to 50
- Holotype: Gilmartin, A. J. 1968. Phytologia. 16: 167.
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Syntype for Aechmea inconspicua Harms
Catalog Number: US 1399915
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): O. Buchtien
Year Collected: 1926
Locality: Mapirí región: San Carlos., La Paz, Bolivia, South America
Elevation (m): 850
- Syntype: Harms, H. A.T. 1929. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem. 10: 786.
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Aechmea angustifolia is a species of the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Central America and northern South America (Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, northern Brazil).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Cultivars[edit]
The species is widely cultivated as an ornamental. Cultivars include:[8]
- Aechmea 'Brimstone'
- Aechmea 'El Morro'
- Aechmea 'Hellfire'
- Aechmea 'La Espriella'
- Aechmea 'Regine de Ligne'
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- ^ Aguirre-Santoro, J. & Betancur, J. (2008). Sinopsis del Género Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) para Colombia. Caldasia 30: 265-288.
- ^ Morales, J.F. (2009). Novedades y notas misceláneas en las Bromeliaceae de Mesoamérica. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3: 113-116.
- ^ Checklist of Bolivian Bromeliaceae Retrieved 21 October 2009
- ^ Catalogue of Vascular Plants of Ecuador Retrieved 12 October 2009
- ^ BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009
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