Aechmea tessmannii
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Aechmea tessmannii (Scott Zona) 001.jpg
|genus = Aechmea
|parent = Aechmea subg. Platyaechmea
|species = tessmannii
|authority = Harms
|synonyms = Platyaechmea tessmannii (Harms) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress
}}
Aechmea tessmannii is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=218280 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{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}}{{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}}Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part III. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(3): 1493–2142
Cultivars
Numerous cultivars are grown as ornamentals, including[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
- Aechmea 'Caloosa'
- Aechmea 'Chocolate'
- Aechmea 'Cosmic Starburst'
- Aechmea 'Jimmie Knight'
- Aechmea 'Jupiter'
- Aechmea 'Starbrite'
- × Anamea 'Prima Ballerina'
- × Androlaechmea 'Sampson'
- × Neomea 'Leonardo'
References
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Category:Flora of Southern America
Category:Plants described in 1927
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