Aechmea cylindrata

Aechmea cylindrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Bromelioideae
Genus:	Aechmea
Subgenus:	Ortgiesia
Species:	A. cylindrata
Binomial name
	Aechmea cylindrata; Lindm.
Synonyms
	Aechmea hyacinthus F.Muell.; Ortgiesia cylindrata (Lindm.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress; Aechmea cylindrata var. micrantha Lindm.;

Aechmea cylindrata is a bromeliad, native to southeastern Brazil from São Paulo to Santa Catarina.^[1]^[2]^[3] This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius,^[4] and it is often used as an ornamental plant.

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
^ Martinelli, G., Magalhães Vieira, C., Gonzalez, M., Leitman, P., Piratininga, A. Ferreira da Costa, A. & Campostrini Forzza, R. (2008). Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 209-258.
^ Flora Brasiliensis: Aechmea cylindrata

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