Aechmea paniculigera
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Bromeliaceae |
Genus: | Aechmea |
Subgenus: | Aechmea subg. Aechmea |
Species: | A. paniculigera
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Binomial name | |
Aechmea paniculigera (Swartz) Grisebach
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Aechmea paniculigera is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. It grows in Colombia, Venezuela and Jamaica.[1][2][3][4]
Description
[edit]![Colour photo of a plant with a dozen long pink and green streaked leaves some of them curled almost into pipes, and one central flower spike with many small white flowers.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Aechmea_paniculigera.jpg/220px-Aechmea_paniculigera.jpg)
The pools of water trapped at the base of its leaves are home to various creatures including young bromeliad crabs and damselflies.[5]
![Flowers](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Aechmea_paniculigera_20090603.jpg/220px-Aechmea_paniculigera_20090603.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Aguirre-Santoro, Julian; Betancur, Julio (2008). "Sinopsis del Género Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) para Colombia" [Synopsis of Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) for Colombia]. Caldasia (in Spanish). 30 (2): 265–288. ISSN 0366-5232. JSTOR 23641894.
- ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- ^ retrieved 29 July 2009 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine