Aechmea mertensii

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Aechmea mertensii - pl 1.jpg

|genus = Aechmea

|parent = Aechmea subg. Aechmea

|species = mertensii

|authority = (G.Meyer) Schultes f.

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = *Bromelia mertensii G.Mey.

• Billbergia mertensii (G.Mey.) Miq.
• Hoplophytum mertensii (G.Mey.) Beer
• Hohenbergia mertensii (G.Mey.) Baker
• Aechmea spicata Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes
• Bromelia thyrsiflora Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
• Aechmea mucroniflora Hook.
• Hoplophytum mucroniflora (Hook.) Beer
• Hoplophytum spicatum (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Beer
• Hohenbergia martii Baker
• Hohenbergia mucroniflora (Hook.) Baker
• Hohenbergia spicata (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Baker
• Aechmea wullschlaegeliana Mez
• Aechmea humilis Mez

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Aechmea mertensii is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=218100 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{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 journal |last1=Martinelli |first1=Gustavo |last2=Vieira |first2=Cláudia Magalhães |last3=Gonzalez |first3=Marcos |last4=Leitman |first4=Paula |last5=Piratininga |first5=Andréa |last6=Costa |first6=Andrea Ferreira da |last7=Forzza |first7=Rafaela Campostrini |title=Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação |journal=Rodriguésia |date=January 2008 |volume=59 |issue=1 |pages=209–258 |jstor=23499386 |doi=10.1590/2175-7860200859114 |trans-title=Bromeliaceae of the brazilian Atlantic Forest: checklist, distribution and conservation |language=pt-BR|doi-access=free }}{{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 }}{{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}}