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Pseudaechmea

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Pseudaechmea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Pseudaechmea
L.B.Sm. & Read
Species:
P. ambigua
Binomial name
Pseudaechmea ambigua
L.B.Sm. & Read
Synonyms
  • Billbergia ambigua (L.B.Sm. & Read) Betancur & N.R.Salinas

Pseudaechmea is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus name is from the Greek pseudos (false) and the genus Aechmea.[1] The genus was established by Lyman Smith and R.W. Read in 1982.[2] The sole species is Pseudaechmea ambigua, treated as a synonym of Billbergia ambigua by Plants of the World Online as of November 2022.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
  2. ^ Phytologia 52(1):49-60: (1982)
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