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Aechmea gamosepala

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Species of flowering plant

Aechmea gamosepala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Ortgiesia
Species: A. gamosepala
Binomial name
Aechmea gamosepala
Wittm.
Synonyms
  • Ortgiesia gamosepala (Wittm.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress

Aechmea gamosepala is a bromeliad endemic to southern Brazil. It is often cultivated as an ornamental plant. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

The following varieties are recognized :

  1. Aechmea gamosepala var. gamosepala - from São Paulo State south to Rio Grande do Sul
  2. Aechmea gamosepala var. nivea Reitz, 1962 - Santa Catarina

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Versieux, L.M. & Wendt, T. (2006). Checklist of Bromeliaceae of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with notes on taxonomy and endemism. Selbyana 27: 107-146.
  3. Martinelli, G., Magalhães Vieira, C., Gonzalez, M., Leitman, P., Piratininga, A. Ferreira da Costa, A. & Campostrini Forzza, R. (2008). Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 209-258.
  4. Flora Brasiliensis: Aechmea gamosepala

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Inflorescence with pink calyces and leaves
Taxon identifiers
Aechmea gamosepala


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