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Pseudaechmea

Pseudaechmea is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus name is from the Greek pseudos (false) and the genus Aechmea. The genus was established by Lyman Smith and R.W. Read in 1982. The sole species is Pseudaechmea ambigua, treated as a synonym of Billbergia ambigua by Plants of the World Online as of November 2022.

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Pseudaechmea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Pseudaechmea
L.B.Sm. & Read
Species:
P. ambigua
Binomial name
Pseudaechmea ambigua
L.B.Sm. & Read
Synonyms
  • Billbergia ambigua (L.B.Sm. & Read) Betancur & N.R.Salinas

Pseudaechmea is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus name is from the Greek pseudos (false) and the genus Aechmea.1 The genus was established by Lyman Smith and R.W. Read in 1982.2 The sole species is Pseudaechmea ambigua, treated as a synonym of Billbergia ambigua by Plants of the World Online as of November 2022.

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Notes

  1. "Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
  2. Phytologia 52(1):49-60: (1982)
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