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Aechmea

The genus Aechmea is in the family Bromeliaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Aechmea

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Aechmea abbreviata L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea aciculosa Mez & Sodiro Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea aculeatosepala (Rauh & Barthlott) Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea aguadocensis Leme & L.Kollmann Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea alba Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea alegrensis W.Weber Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea allenii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea alopecurus Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea amicorum B.R.Silva & H.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea amorimii Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea ampla L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea andersoniana Leme & H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea andersonii H.E.Luther & Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea angustifolia Poepp. & Endl. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea anomala L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea apocalyptica Reitz Accepted L WCSP
Aechmea aquilega (Salisb.) Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea araneosa L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea arenaria (Ule) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea aripoensis (N.E.Br.) Pittendr. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea atrovittata Leme & J.A.Siqueira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea azurea L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea bahiana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea bambusoides L.B.Sm. & Reitz Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea bicolor L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea biflora (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea blanchetiana (Baker) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea blumenavii Reitz Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea bocainensis E.Pereira & Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea brachyclada Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea brachystachys (Harms) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea brassicoides Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea brevicollis L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea bromeliifolia (Rudge) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea bruggeri Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea burle-marxii E.Pereira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea caesia E.Morren ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea callichroma Read & Baensch Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea calyculata (E.Morren) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea campanulata L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea canaliculata Leme & H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea candida E.Morren ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea capitata (Schult. & Schult.f.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea cariocae L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea carvalhoi E.Pereira & Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea castanea L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea castelnavii Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea catendensis J.A.Siqueira & Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea cathcartii C.F.Reed & Read Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea caudata Lindm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea cephaloides J.A.Siqueira & Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea chantinii (Carrière) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea chlorophylla L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea coelestis (K.Koch) E.Morren Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea colombiana (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea comata (Gaudich.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea conferta L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea confusa H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea conifera L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea contracta (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea correia-arauji E.Pereira & Moutinho Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea corymbosa (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea costantinii (Mez) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea cucullata H.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea curranii (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea cylindrata Lindm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea cymosopaniculata Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea dactylina Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea dealbata E.Morren ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea decurva Proctor Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea depressa L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea dichlamydea Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea digitata L.B.Sm. & Read Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea discordiae Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea disjuncta (L.B.Sm.) Leme & J.A.Siqueira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea distichantha Lem. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea downsiana Pittendr. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea drakeana André Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea echinata (Leme) Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea egleriana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea emmerichiae Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea entringeri Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea esseri Gross & Rauh Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea eurycorymbus Harms Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea farinosa (Regel) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea fasciata (Lindl.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea fendleri André ex Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea fernandae (E.Morren) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea ferruginea L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea filicaulis (Griseb.) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea flavorosea E.Pereira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea flemingii H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea floribunda Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea fosteriana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea fraseri Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea frassyi Leme & J.A.Siqueira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea fraudulosa Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea froesii (L.B.Sm.) Leme & J.A.Siqueira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea fuerstenbergii E.Morren & Wittm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea fulgens Brongn. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea gamosepala Wittm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea geminiflora (Harms) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea germinyana (Carrière) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea gigantea Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea glandulosa Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea gracilis Lindm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea grandibracteata Philcox Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea grazielae Martinelli & Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea guainumbiorum J.A.Siqueira & Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea guaratubensis E.Pereira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea gurkeniana E.Pereira & Moutinho Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea gustavoi J.A.Siqueira & Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea haltonii H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea hellae W.Weber Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea hoppii (Harms) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea huebneri Harms Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea iguana Wittm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea incompta Leme & H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea involucrata André Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea itapoana W.Till & Morowetz Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea joannis Strehl Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea jungurudoensis H.Luther & K.F.Norton Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea kautskyana E.Pereira & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea kentii (H.E.Luther) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea kertesziae Reitz Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea kleinii Reitz Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea koesteri Manzan. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea kuntzeana Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea lactifera Leme & J.A.Siqueira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea laevigata Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea lamarchei Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea lanata (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea lanjouwii (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea lasseri L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea leonard-kentiana H.E.Luther & Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea leppardii Philcox Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea leptantha (Harms) Leme & J.A.Siqueira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea leucolepis L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea lingulata (L.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea lingulatoides Leme & H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea linharesiorum Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea longicuspis Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea longifolia (Rudge) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea lueddemanniana (K.Koch) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea lugoi (Gilmartin & H.E.Luther) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea lymanii W.Weber Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea maasii Gouda & W.Till Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea macrochlamys L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea maculata L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea magdalenae (André) André ex Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea manzanaresiana H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea marauensis Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea marginalis Leme & J.A.Siqueira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea mariae-reginae H.Wendl. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea matudae L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea mcvaughii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea melinonii Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea mertensii (G.Mey.) Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea mexicana Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea microcephala E.Pereira & Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea milsteiniana L.B.Sm. & Read Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea miniata (Beer) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea mira Leme & H.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea mollis L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea moonenii Gouda Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea moorei H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea mulfordii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea multiflora L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea murcae (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea muricata (Arruda) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea mutica L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea nallyi L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea napoensis L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea nidularioides L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea nivea L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea nudicaulis (L.) Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea organensis Wawra Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea orlandiana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea ornata (Gaudich.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea pabstii E.Pereira & Moutinho Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea pallida L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea paniculata Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea paniculigera (Sw.) Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea paradoxa (Leme) Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea patriciae H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea pectinata Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea pedicellata Leme & H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea penduliflora André Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea perforata L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea pernambucentris J.A.Siqueira & Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea phanerophlebia Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea pimenti-velosoi Reitz Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea pineliana (Brongn. ex Planch.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea pittieri Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea podantha L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea poitaei (Baker) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea politii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea polyantha E.Pereira & Reitz Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea prancei L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea prava E.Pereira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea pseudonudicaulis Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea pubescens Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea purpureorosea (Hook.) Wawra Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea pyramidalis Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea racinae L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea ramosa Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea ramusculosa Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea reclinata Sastre & Brithmer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea recurvata (Klotzsch) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea retusa L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea roberto-anselmoi E.Pereira & Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea roberto-seidelii E.Pereira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea rodriguesiana (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea roeseliae H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea romeroi L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea rubens (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea rubiginosa Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea rubrolilacina Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea saxicola L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea seideliana W.Weber Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea seidelii (Leme) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea sergipana E.Pereira & Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea serragrandensis Leme & J.A.Siqueira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea serrata (L.) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea servitensis André Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea setigera Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea smithiorum Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea spectabilis (K.Koch) Brongn. ex Houllet Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea sphaerocephala (Gaudich.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea squarrosa Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea stelligera L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea stenosepala L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea streptocalycoides Philcox Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea strobilacea L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea strobilina (Beurl.) L.B.Sm. & Read Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea subintegerrima (Philcox) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea subpetiolata L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea sucreana Martinelli & C.M.Vieira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea sulbahianensis Leme, Amorim & J.A.Siqueira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea tayoensis Gilmartin Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea tentaculifera Leme, Amorim & J.A.Siqueira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea tessmannii Harms Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea tillandsioides (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea tocantina Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea tomentosa Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea tonduzii Mez & Pittier Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea triangularis L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea triticina Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea tuitensis Magaña & E.J.Lott Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea turbinocalyx Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea vallerandii (Carrière) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea van-houtteana (Van Houtte) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea vasquezii H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea veitchii Baker Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea victoriana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea viridostigma Leme & H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea warasii E.Pereira Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea weberbaueri Harms Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea weberi (E.Pereira & Leme) Leme Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea weilbachii Didr. Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea werdermannii Harms Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea williamsii (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea winkleri Reitz Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea wittmackiana (Regel) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea woronowii Harms Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea wuelfinghoffii E.Gross Accepted H WCSP
Aechmea zebrina L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 463 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Aechmea. Of these 268 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 105 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Aechmea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 463 species names for the genus Aechmea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 268 57.9%
◕ Synonym 175 37.8%
◕ Unplaced 10 2.2%
◕ Unassessed 10 2.2%

All names

The status of the 568 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Aechmea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 301 53.0%
◕ Synonym 245 43.1%
◕ Unplaced 10 1.8%
◕ Unassessed 12 2.1%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 463 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Aechmea, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 267 164 0 0 431 93.1%
Medium confidence 0 11 0 0 11 2.4%
Low confidence 1 0 10 10 21 4.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Aechmea, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 11 0 10 0 21 4.5%
WCSP 268 164 10 0 0 442 95.5%