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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]

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. ^ a b c 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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