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[ Aechmanthera ] [ Aechmea ] [ Aechmolepis ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Aechmea

Hierarchical position of the Genus Aechmea

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967. common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes       SuperOrdo  Bromelianae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.       Ordo  Bromeliales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 54. 1829.       Subordo  Bromeliineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 86. Mai 1898.       Familia  Bromeliaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 49. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Bromeliads       Tribus  Aechmeeae Beer pub. Fam. Bromel.: 12, 23. Sep-Oct 1856.    Subtribus  Aechmeinae Wittm. in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 4: 41. Oct 1887.    Genus  Aechmea Ruiz & Pav. pub. (1794)

Named members of the Genus Aechmea

1	Species  lingulata (L.) Baker common name: West Indian livingvase
2	Species  nudicaulis (L.) Griseb. common name: nakedstem livingvase
3	Species  Ruiz & Pav�n common name: livingvase

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.