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Aechmea vallerandii

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Aechmea vallerandii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Species:
A. vallerandii
Binomial name
Aechmea vallerandii
(Carrière) Erhardt, Götz & Seybold[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Lamprococcus vallerandii Carrière
  • Streptocalyx vallerandii (Carrière) E.Morren
  • Streptocalyx poeppigii Beer
  • Streptocalyx juruanus Ule
  • Aechmea beeriana L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer

Aechmea vallerandii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aechmea. This was for a time called A. beeriana but was reclassified in 2008.[4] It is native to Panama and to northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, Peru, northern Brazil).[3]

Cultivars

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  • Aechmea 'Salvador'
  • Aechmea 'Tropic Torch'

References

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  1. ^ "Aechmea vallerandii (Carrière) Erhardt, Götz & Seybold". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Aechmea vallerandii (Carrière) Erhardt, Götz & Seybold". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Erhardt, Götz & Seybold, in Der große Zander [2]: 1825 (2008)