Aechmea tillandsioides

Aechmea tillandsioides
illustration circa 1900[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Aechmea
Subgenus:	Aechmea subg. Platyaechmea
Species:	A. tillandsioides
Binomial name
Aechmea tillandsioides (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Baker
Synonyms[1]
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

Aechmea tillandsioides is a bromeliad widespread across southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, northern Brazil).^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} It is widely cultivated in other regions as an ornamental plant. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.^[1]