Aechmea vallerandii

Aechmea vallerandii is a species in the genus Aechmea. This was for a time called A. beeriana but was reclassified in 2008.[2] It is native to Panama and to northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, Peru, northern Brazil).[1]

Aechmea vallerandii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:
Bromelioideae
Genus:
Aechmea
Species:
A. vallerandii
Binomial name
Aechmea vallerandii
Carrière
Synonyms[1]
  • Lamprococcus vallerandii Carrière
  • Streptocalyx vallerandii (Carrière) E.Morren
  • Streptocalyx poeppigii Beer
  • Streptocalyx juruanus Ule
  • Aechmea beeriana L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer

Cultivars
  • Aechmea 'Salvador'
  • Aechmea 'Tropic Torch'

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Erhardt, Götz & Seybold, in Der große Zander [2]: 1825 (2008)


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