Bromeliaceae

Aechmea bromeliifolia (Rudge) Baker ex Benth. & Hook.f.

Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea

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Aechmea bromeliifolia (Aechmea bromeliifolia) — FlowerPhoto: Carlos Otávio Gussoni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 红苞光萼荷
Portuguese: Abacaxi-de-tingir
Spanish: Billbergia clavata, Billbergia tinctoria, Bromelia melanantha, Bromelia tinctoria, Eriostax glauca, Nidularium macracanthum

Synonyms

Hoiriri bromeliifolia (Rudge) Kuntze
Macrochordion bromeliifolium (Rudge) Beer
Macrochordium bromeliifolium (Rudge) Beer
Macrochordium macracanthum Regel
Macrochordium melananthum (Ker Gawl.) Beer
Macrochordium pulchrum Beer
Macrochordium strictum Beer
Macrochordium tinctorium (Mart.) de Vriese
Pitcairnia melanacantha de Vriese
Tillandsia bromeliifolia Rudge

Flowers

In flower: June to October (from 158 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Carlos Otávio Gussoni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cavallari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Estela Spinelli, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Marcio Santos Ferreira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Paula Romano, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Lucas Kaminski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Evaldo Resende, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Otto Heringer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alf van Beem, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.