Aechmea nudicaulis

Aechmea nudicaulis
1817 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Bromelioideae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Pothuava
Species: A. nudicaulis
Binomial name
Aechmea nudicaulis
Griseb.
Synonyms[2]
  • Bromelia nudicaulis L.
  • Billbergia nudicaulis (L.) Lindl.
  • Hoplophytum nudicaule (L.) K.Koch
  • Hohenbergia nudicaulis (L.) Baker
  • Pothuava nudicaulis (L.) Regel
  • Tillandsia saxatilis Vell.
  • Billbergia lutea Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Bromelia gigantea Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Billbergia lanuginosa K.Koch
  • Billbergia pyramidata Beer
  • Hoplophytum lanuginosum (K.Koch) Beer
  • Billbergia aureorosea Baker
  • Billbergia quadricolor C.Chev.

Aechmea nudicaulis is a bromeliad species in the genus Aechmea, which is often used as an ornamental plant.[3] This species is native to Central America, the West Indies, central and southern Mexico, and northern and central South America.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

The following varieties are recognized :[2]

  1. Aechmea nudicaulis var. aequalis L.B.Sm. & Reitz, 1963 - Espírito Santo
  2. Aechmea nudicaulis var. cuspidata Baker, 1879 - Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador
  3. Aechmea nudicaulis var. nordestina J.A. Siqueira & Leme, 2006 - northeastern Brazil
  4. Aechmea nudicaulis var. nudicaulis - most of species range

A number of cultivars derived from this species are commercially available. These are either selected forms, or hybrids arising from crosses with other species, including:

References

  1. Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819) del. , White sc. - "The botanical register" vol. 3 pl. 203 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/130166 )
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 1 2 "Aechmea 'Rakete'". Bromeliad Cultivar Register. Bromeliad Society International. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  4. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  5. Espejo-Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2005). Bromeliaceae. Flora de Veracruz 136: 1-307. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.
  6. Versieux, L.M. & Wendt, T. (2006). Checklist of Bromeliaceae of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with notes on taxonomy and endemism. Selbyana 27: 107-146.
  7. 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.
  8. 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..
  9. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  10. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  11. 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.
  12. Aguirre-Santoro, J. & Betancur, J. (2008). Sinopsis del Género Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) para Colombia. Caldasia 30: 265-288.
  13. Versieux, L.M., Wendt, T., Batista Louzada, R. & das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M. (2008 publ. 2009). Bromeliaceae da Cadeia do Espinhaço. Megadiversidade 4: 98-110.
  14. Wendt, T., do Santos Coser, T., Fernandes, H.B. & Martinelli, G. (2010). Bromaliaceae do município de Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo: lista de espécies, distribuição, Conservação e comentérios taxonômicos. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão 27: 21-53.
  15. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  16. BROMELIACEAE DA MATA ATLÂNTICA BRASILEIRA retrieved 22 October 2009
  17. Catalogue of Vascular Plants of Ecuador Retrieved 12 October 2009
  18. "Aechmea 'Parati'". Bromeliad Cultivar Register. Bromeliad Society International. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
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