Aechmea dichlamydea

Aechmea dichlamydea is a species of bromeliad in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Venezuela and to Trinidad and Tobago.[1][2][3][4]

Aechmea dichlamydea
"Aechmea dichlamydea" at the Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
Aechmea dichlamydea at the Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Platyaechmea
Species:
A. dichlamydea
Binomial name
Aechmea dichlamydea
Synonyms[1]
  • Platyaechmea dichlamydea (Baker) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress
  • Aechmea nichollsii Baker

Varieties

Three botanical varieties are recognized:[1]

  1. Aechmea dichlamydea var. dichlamydea - Tobago
  2. Aechmea dichlamydea var. pariaensis Pittendr. - Sucre
  3. Aechmea dichlamydea var. trinitensis L.B.Sm. - Venezuela and Trinidad

Cultivars
  • Aechmea 'Orange Sunset'
  • Aechmea 'Shelldancer'[5]

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. Holst, Bruce K. (1 February 1994). "Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 15 (1). ISSN 2689-0682. JSTOR 41759858.
  4. Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part III. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(3): 1493–2142.
  5. BSI Cultivar Registry Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 October 2009


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