Aechmea romeroi L.B.Sm.

  • 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 romeroi L.B.Sm.

  • Type

    Type. Romero Castaneda 4220 (holotype, US; isotype, COL), epiphytic, right bank of Rio Caqueta, between La Tagua and Puerto Boy, Caqueta, Colombia, May 9, 1953.

  • Description

    Species Description - Leaves many in a broadly funnelform rosette, to 55 cm long, exceeding the inflorescence, diffusely punctulate-lepidote; sheaths broadly elliptic, 15 cm long, pale green, blades ligulate, rounded and apiculate, 5-6 cm wide, uniformly green except for a paler median channel toward the base, laxly serrulate with flat spreading or ascending spines 2 mm long. Scape curved, 5 mm in diameter; scape-bracts thin, quickly deciduous. Inflorescence sublaxly bipinnate from about 8 spikes, glabrous at least in age; primary bracts broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 7 cm long, decreasing evenly in size, membranaceous, red, laxly serrate; branches simple, divergent to spreading peduncles 4 cm long, strongly flattened; spikes lance-oblong, 10 cm long, 25 mm wide, strongly complanate; rhachis slender. Floral bracts densely imbricate, very broadly ovate, acute, 22 mm long, equaling or exceeding the sepals, carinate, chartaceous, prominently nerved, stramineous. Sepals free, lance-oblong, slightly asymmetric, over 15 mm long (tip decayed), thin, nerved; ovary ellipsoid, stout, 6 mm long, epigynous tube short but distinct, placentae apical; ovules caudate.

    Distribution and Ecology - Known from the type collection only.

  • Distribution

    Caquetá Colombia South America|