Aechmea angustifolia
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Aechmea angustifolia (18883966923).jpg
|genus = Aechmea
|parent = Aechmea subg. Aechmea
|species = angustifolia
|authority = Poeppig & Endlicher
|synonyms = *Hoplophytum angustifolium (Poepp. & Endl.) Beer
- Hohenbergia angustifolia (Poepp. & Endl.) Baker
- Aechmea cumingii Baker
- Aechmea leucocarpa André
- Aechmea eggersii Mez
- Aechmea boliviana Rusby
- Aechmea cylindrica Mez
- Aechmea inconspicua Harms
- Aechmea dryanderae Harms
- Aechmea andradei Gilmartin
}}
Aechmea angustifolia is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Central America and northern South America (Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, northern Brazil).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=217806 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.{{cite journal |last1=Aguirre-Santoro |first1=Julian |last2=Betancur |first2=Julio |title=Sinopsis del Género Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) para Colombia |trans-title=Synopsis of Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) for Colombia |journal=Caldasia |date=2008 |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=265–288 |url=https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/39169 |language=es |jstor=23641894 |issn=0366-5232}}Morales, J.F. (2009). Novedades y notas misceláneas en las Bromeliaceae de Mesoamérica. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3: 113-116.{{cite journal |last1=Krömer |first1=Thorsten |last2=Kessler |first2=Michael |last3=Holst |first3=Bruce K. |last4=Luther |first4=Harry E. |last5=Gouda |first5=Eric J. |last6=Ibisch |first6=Pierre L. |last7=Till |first7=Walter |last8=Vásquez |first8=Roberto |title=Checklist of Bolivian Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism |journal=Selbyana |date=1 October 1999 |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=201–223 |jstor=41760025 |url=https://journals.flvc.org/selbyana/article/view/120295 |language=en |issn=2689-0682}}{{cite book |last1=Luther |first1=H.E. |editor1-last=Jørgensen |editor1-first=P.M. |editor2-last=León-Yánez |editor2-first=S. |title=Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador = Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Ecuador |date=1999 |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden Press |location=St. Louis, Mo. |isbn=978-0915279609 |pages=337–361 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926234532/http://www.selby.org/clientuploads/research/Bromeliaceae/EcuadorBromeliaceae.pdf |archive-date=26 September 2006 |chapter=Bromeliaceae |url=http://www.selby.org/clientuploads/research/Bromeliaceae/EcuadorBromeliaceae.pdf}}
Cultivars
The species is widely cultivated as an ornamental. Cultivars include:[http://www.bsi.org/brom_info/cultivar/bcr.html BSI Cultivar Registry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202073716/http://www.bsi.org/brom_info/cultivar/bcr.html |date=2009-12-02 }} Retrieved 11 October 2009
References
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Category:Flora of Central America
Category:Flora of Southern America
Category:Plants described in 1838
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