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Aechmea paniculigera

Aechmea paniculigera is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. It grows in Colombia, Venezuela and Jamaica.

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Aechmea paniculigera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Aechmea
Species:
A. paniculigera
Binomial name
Aechmea paniculigera
(Swartz) Grisebach
Synonyms1
  • Bromelia paniculigera Sw.
  • Hohenbergia paniculigera (Sw.) Baker
  • Bromelia paniculata J.F.Gmel.
  • Bromelia latifolia Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Aechmea columnaris André
  • Aechmea latifolia (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Klotzsch ex Baker
  • Aechmea chromatica C.H.Wright

Aechmea paniculigera is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. It grows in Colombia, Venezuela and Jamaica.1234

Description

Colour photo of a plant with a dozen long pink and green streaked leaves some of them curled almost into pipes, and one central flower spike with many small white flowers.
In flower, with a pool of water trapped at the base of the leaf source ↗

The pools of water trapped at the base of its leaves are home to various creatures including young bromeliad crabs and damselflies.5

Flowers
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References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  3. Aguirre-Santoro, Julian; Betancur, Julio (2008). "Sinopsis del Género Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) para Colombia" [Synopsis of Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) for Colombia]. Caldasia (in Spanish). 30 (2): 265–288. ISSN 0366-5232. JSTOR 23641894.
  4. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  5. retrieved 29 July 2009 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine