Aechmea

  • Authority

    Smith, Lyman B. 1967. Bromeliaceae of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: 15-68.

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Aechmea

  • Description

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    Species Description - Large or medium-sized herbs; leaves rosulate; blades usually ligulate; scape conspicuous in most species of the Guayana Highland area; inflorescence various; flowers sessile in all species of the Guayana Highland area; sepals often asymmetric with a large Aving on the right; petals free, bearing 2 scales; second series of stainens more or less adnate to the petals; pollen-grains with 2 or 4 pores or sometimes aborted; style shorter than the stamens, the stigma-lobes linear, often twisted; ovules caudate or obtuse: fruit usually dry: seeds small, rugose, dark.

  • Discussion

    Hoiriri Adanson, Fam. 2: 67, 584. 1763.

    Type species: Ac. paniculata R. & P.

  • Distribution

    About 150 species from Mexico and the West Indies to northern Argentina. Mostly epiphytic in forest.

    West Indies| South America| Central America|