Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) Griseb. var. bracteata

  • Authority

    Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (3): 1493-2142. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) Griseb. var. bracteata

  • Type

    Type. Houstoun s n (holotype, BM; photo GH), Vera Cruz, Mexico.

  • Synonyms

    Bromelia bracteata Sw., Aechmea schiedeana Schltdl., Hoplophytum paniculatum Beer, Hoplophytum bracteatum K.Koch, Hohenbergia bracteata (Sw.) Baker, Aechmea regularis Baker, Aechmea macracantha Brongn. ex André, Aechmea barleei Baker, Aechmea isabellina Baker, Tillandsia spinosa Sessé & Moc.

  • Description

    Description - Plant flowering to over 2 m high. Inflorescence usually tripinnate with large basal branches; secondary (or primary bracts in a bipinnate inflorescence) bracts abruptly reduced shortly above the base of the inflorescence.

  • Common Names

    Xkeo, papagaya

  • Distribution

    Epiphyte, 30-1400 m alt, eastern Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela.

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