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Aechmea Ruiz & Pav.

This genus name was first published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 47 (1794)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000000732.

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Synonyms of Aechmea

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Hoiriri Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 303 (1898) wfo-1200032709
Chevaliera Gaudich. ex Beer Fam. Brom. [Beer] 22, 150, 257 (1856) wfo-4000007829
Echinostachys Brongn. ex Planch. Hort. Donat. : 25 (1858) wfo-4000012960
Eriostax Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 25 (1838) wfo-4000013881
Gravisia Mez Fl. Bras. 3(3): 298 (1892) wfo-4000016176
Hoiriri Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 67 (1763) wfo-4000018044
Hoplophytum Beer Flora 37: 348 (1854) wfo-4000018258
Lamprococcus Beer Fam. Bromel. : 103 (1856) wfo-4000020514
Macrochordion de Vriese Jaarb. Kon. Ned. Maatsch. Aanm. Tuinb. 1853: 14 (1853) wfo-4000022693
Ortgiesia Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 80 (1867) wfo-4000027241
Pironneava Gaudich. ex K.Koch Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 86 (1860) wfo-4000029872
Platyaechmea (Baker) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress Phytologia 69: 272 (1990) wfo-4000030075
Podaechmea (Mez) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress Phytologia 69: 271 (1990) wfo-4000030455
Pothuava Gaudich. ex K.Koch Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 85 (1860) wfo-4000031042
Streptocalyx Beer Flora 37: 348 (1854) wfo-4000036849
Ursulaea Read & Baensch J. Bromeliad Soc. 44: 206 (1994) wfo-4000039881
Aechmaea Brongn. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 15: 371 (1841) wfo-4000045053
Disquamia Lem. Jard. Fleur. 3: t. 269 (1853) wfo-4000045055
Pironneauella Kuntze Lex. Gen. Phan. : 441 (1903) wfo-4000045057
Streptomea E.L.Sm. J. Bromeliad Soc. 33: 75 (1983) wfo-4100002220

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Aechmea:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea blumenavii var. blumenavii – – — wfo-0001319519
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea bracteata Mez – wfo-0001348927
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea compacta Mez – — wfo-0001218637
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea compacta Walt.Richt. Zimmerpfl.: Bromel. 278 1962 wfo-0000337556
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea crocophylla Lindm. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. xxiv. 8. (1891) 34. wfo-0001350482
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea cunhambebensis Leme Phytotaxa 692(1): 5 (2025) wfo-1000079324
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea exotica Walt.Richt. Zimmerpfl.: Bromel. 278 1962 wfo-0000337623
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea fulgo-chantii hort. ex Lecoufle Bull. Bromeliad Soc. 22: 8 1972 — wfo-0001238136
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea fulgochantinii Anon. Bull. Bromeliad Soc. 1: 23 (1951) wfo-0000337652
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea fulgofascicata Lecoufle J. Bromeliad Soc. 22: 8 (1972) wfo-0000337653
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea fulgofascicata var. tricolor Anon. Bull. Bromeliad Soc. 1: 23 (1951) wfo-0000337654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea fulgolamarchei Lecoufle J. Bromeliad Soc. 22: 8 (1972) wfo-0000337655
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea fulgoramosa Anon. Bull. Bromeliad Soc. 1: 23 (1951) wfo-0000337656
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea germinyana Lindm. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. xxiv. 8. (1891) 34. wfo-0001350487
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea gigantea Lindm. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. xxiv. 8. (1891) 34. wfo-0001350488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea hokelii Regel ex Baker Handb. Bromel. 52. 1889 [Aug-Oct 1889] wfo-0001350490
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea lindeni E.Morr. ex C.Koch Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 8: 398 1865 — wfo-0001218837
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea lindenii var. lindenii – – — wfo-0001238763
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea loesenera hort. ex Gentil Pl. Cult. Jard. Bot. Brux. 9 (1907), nomen. wfo-0001350494
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea luddemanniana Brongn. ex Baker Handb. Bromel. 50. 1889 [Aug-Oct 1889] wfo-0001350497
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea luddemanniana Brongn. ex É.Morren Cat. Bromel. 1. 1873 [Jan 1873] wfo-0001350496
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea maginallii Nally Bull. Bromeliad Soc. 12: 36 (1962) wfo-0000337764
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea maginallii var. variegata Anon. J. Bromeliad Soc. 22: 102 (1972) wfo-1200013405
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea marcpignalii Leme Phytotaxa 692(1): 7 (2025) wfo-1000079325
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea oligosepala Baker Handb. Bromel. 48. 1889 [Aug-Oct 1889] wfo-0001419326
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea oligosepala Baker ex T.Durand & B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. Suppl. 1: 12. 1902 by error wfo-0001417074
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea ortgiesioides hort. ex Lecoufle J. Bromeliad Soc. 22: 8 1972 — wfo-0001238138
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea paraensis Mez – — wfo-0001218638
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea polyantha Walt.Richt. Zimmerpfl.: Bromel. 278 1962 wfo-0000337871
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea purpurea B.S.Williams Nursery Cat. (B.S.Williams) 1889: 22 (1889) wfo-0000337889
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea racemosa Mart. – — wfo-0001218639
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea rupestris Mez Pflanzenr. (Engler) Bromeliac. 153, in syn. 1934 wfo-0001350507
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea setigera hort. ex Baker Handb. Bromel. 71, in syn. 1889 [Aug-Oct 1889] wfo-0001350508
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea skotakii H.Luther ex Manzan. J. Bromeliad Soc. 72(2): 83 2023 wfo-1000045235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea sodiroi Mez – — wfo-0001218779
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea splendida hort. ex Kuhnt Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 1932, xlvii. 331, in obs. wfo-0001350509
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea triticea var. capensis L.B.Sm. Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 126(1): 19. 1955 wfo-0001398370
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aechmea urussucensis E.H.Souza & Leme J. Nat. Conservation (Jena) 79-126599: 11 (2024) wfo-1000075383