Aechmea contracta

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|genus = Aechmea

|parent = Aechmea subg. Platyaechmea

|species = contracta

|authority = (Mart. ex Schult.f.) Baker

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = *Billbergia contracta Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.

• Platyaechmea contracta (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress
• Aechmea trigona E.Pereira

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Aechmea contracta is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family.{{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:121603-1|title= Aechmea contracta (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Baker|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=July 28, 2020}} It is native to Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Guyana and northern Brazil.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=217903 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]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}}{{cite journal |last1=Holst |first1=Bruce K. |title=Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism |journal=Selbyana |date=1 February 1994 |volume=15 |issue=1 |url=https://journals.flvc.org/selbyana/article/view/121000 |language=en |issn=2689-0682 |jstor=41759858 }}