Aechmea pittieri Mez

Taxonomic Change:

• Considered a synonym of Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) Griseb. —See Utley & Burt-Utley 1994 p. 6: 151-152
• Aechmea pittieri does not have the large lower branches resembling the top of the inflorescence as in Aechmea bracteata (not always present). The branches are long stipitate with a few (ca 3) digitate and relative longer spikes distally and the primary bracts are reducing in size upward in the inflorescence (vs. only the lower large, then abruptly short). —See Gouda et al. 2023-

Literature references:

Baensch & Baensch 1994: 51 BSA (Web) FCBS (Web) Richter 1962, 1978: 195 Smith & Downs 1979: 1805,1808 Wilson & Wilson 1963: 36