| Aechmea polyantha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Genus: | Aechmea |
| Species: | A. polyantha
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| Binomial name | |
| Aechmea polyantha E.Pereira & Reitz
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Aechmea polyantha is a species of epiphytic and lithophytic South American bromeliad.12 They grow in the upper canopy of forests in the Brazilian Amazon and in French Guiana. They have been recorded growing on bare granite, where they form mats of roots and microorganisms such as algae, although they remain small there; larger ones stay around clumps of trees.3
References
References
- "Aechmea polyantha". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- Leroy, Céline; Maes, Arthur QuyManh; Louisanna, Eliane; Schimann, Heidy; Séjalon-Delmas, Nathalie (2021). "Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of root-associated fungi in bromeliads: effects of host identity, life forms and nutritional modes". New Phytologist. 231 (3): 1195–1209. doi:10.1111/nph.17288. ISSN 0028-646X. PMID 33605460.
- Moonen, Joep (2016). "A Bromeliad 'Hotspot' in French Guiana". J. Bromeliad Soc. 63: 180–230.