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Bromeliaceae

Aechmea tillandsioides (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Baker

Family
Bromeliaceae
Genus
Aechmea

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Aechmea tillandsioides: A well armed bromeliad, native from southern Mexico to Bolivia, here from San Blas Range, Panama. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/bromeliads/inde
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
Chinese
斑叶紫光萼荷

Synonyms

  • Aechmea chiriquensis Baker
  • Aechmea kienastii É.Morren ex Mez
  • Aechmea squarrosa Baker
  • Aechmea tillandsioides var. kienastii (É.Morren ex Mez) L.B.Sm.
  • Aechmea tillandsioides var. tillandsioides
  • Aechmea vrieseoides Baker
  • Aechmea vriesioides Baker
  • Aechmea xiphophylla Baker
  • Billbergia gracilis Poepp. ex Beer
  • Billbergia tillandsioides Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Ortgiesia tillandsioides (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Regel
  • Ortgiesia tillandsioides var. nidulans Regel
  • Platyaechmea tillandsioides (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress
  • Platyaechmea tillandsioides var. kienastii (É.Morren ex Mez) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress
  • Platystachys gracilis Beer
  • Portea tillandsioides (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) G.Nicholson

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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.