Aechmea contracta (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Baker (1879)

Synonyms:

• Billbergia contracta Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. (1830)
• Aechmea trigona E.Pereira (1973)
• Platyaechmea contracta (Mart.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress (1990)

Aechmea trigona E.Pereira

Status: Synonym

Publ: Bradea 1(29): 313 fig. A (1973)

Type: Brasil: Amazonas, prope Manaus. Leg. Mrs. Margaret Mee no. 33. Floruit in cultiv. Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, 19 Nov. 1972. HOLOTYPUS - HB no. 52.245.

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Taxonomic Notes:

• Treated as a synonym of A contracta —See Smith & Downs 1979