Aechmea alba Mez

Literature references:

Bradea: 3:95h* BSA (Web) FCBS (Web) J. Bromeliad Soc.: 48:245+54:166* Leme & Marigo 1993: 35* Oliva-Esteve 2006: 255,314* Smith & Downs 1979: 1928

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Comments:

• BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro: Esperanca, Riedel s n (LE n v! Mez).
  
  Note. Not having seen the Riedel specimen it is suspected from the description of leaf-blades that there may be a mixture of two species under this name. p. Smith and Downs
• Conservation status: Near Threatened (IUCN, 2001).
  A. alba is almost restricted to the south of Bahia state, being recorded at lower frequency in boundary areas with Minas Gerais state (Fig. 4A). It grows at 5-700 m altitude, in herbaceous, shrubby and wooded restingas, dense ombrophile forest and florestas de tabuleiros. —See Faria, Wendt & Brown 2010