Aechmea tillandsioides

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|image = Aechmea tillandsioides - Fl Br 3-3-70.jpg

|image_caption = illustration circa 1900Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), August Wilhelm Eichler (1839-1887), Ignaz Urban (1848-1931) - Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 3 pt. 3 tab. 70

|genus = Aechmea

|parent = Aechmea subg. Platyaechmea

|species = tillandsioides

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

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

• Ortgiesia tillandsioides (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Regel
• Portea tillandsioides (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) G.Nicholson
• Platyaechmea tillandsioides (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress
• Billbergia gracilis Poepp. ex Beer
• Platystachys gracilis Beer
• Ortgiesia tillandsioides var. nidulans Regel
• Aechmea vrieseoides Baker
• Aechmea chiriquensis Baker
• Aechmea xiphophylla Baker
• Aechmea kienastii E.Morren ex Mez
• Aechmea tillandsioides var. kienastii (E.Morren ex Mez) L.B.Sm.
• Platyaechmea tillandsioides var. kienastii (E.Morren ex Mez) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress

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Aechmea tillandsioides is a bromeliad widespread across southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, northern Brazil).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=218283 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Espejo-Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2005). Bromeliaceae. Flora de Veracruz 136: 1-307. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.Espejo-Serna, A., López-Ferrari, A.R., Martínez-Correa, N. & Pulido-Esparza, V.A. (2007). Bromeliad flora of Oaxaca, Mexico: richness and distribution. Acta Botanica Mexicana 81: 71-147. Instituto de Ecología A.C.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}} It is widely cultivated in other regions as an ornamental plant. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.