Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aechmea distichantha var. distichantha [Bromeliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Aechmea distichantha Lem.
Infraspecies:: 3

Aechmea distichantha var. glaziovii (Baker) L.B.Sm.

Aechmea distichantha var. schlumbergeri É.Morren ex Mez

Aechmea distichantha var. vernicosa E.Pereira

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aechmea brasiliensis Regel Gartenflora 34: 258 (1885).
Aechmea distichantha f. albiflora L.B.Sm. Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo 2(1): 102 (1943).
Aechmea excavata Baker J. Bot. 17: 134 (1879).
Aechmea hookeri Lem. Ill. Hort. 11(Misc.): 42 (1864).
Aechmea microphylla Mez in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 307 (1892).
Aechmea myriophylla É.Morren ex Baker Bot. Mag. 113: t. 6939 (1887).
Aechmea platyphylla Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 20: 291 (1919).
Aechmea polystachya (Lindl. & Paxton) Mez in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 343 (1892).
Aechmea polystachya var. excavata (Baker) Mez in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle (eds.), Monogr. Phan. 9: 251 (1896).
Aechmea polystachya var. longifolia A.Cast. Comun. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 2: 139 (1925).
Aechmea polystachya var. myriophylla Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 20: 290 (1919).
Billbergia distichostachya Lem. Jard. Fleur. 2(Misc.): 96 (1852), nom. rej.
Billbergia polystachya Lindl. & Paxton Paxton's Fl. Gard. 3: 33 (1852), nom. rej.
Hoplophytum polystachyum (Lindl. & Paxton) Beer Fam. Bromel.: 137 (1856).
Nidularium hydrophorum Rojas Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 28: 159 (1918).
Platyaechmea distichantha f. albiflora (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress Phytologia 69: 272 (1990).
Tillandsia polystachia Vell. Fl. Flumin. 3: 136, t. 138 (1829), nom. illeg.

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