Aechmea recurvata (Klotzsch) L.B.Sm.

Literature references:

Baensch & Baensch 1994: 56 Bromelia: 4(4):4 Bromtravels (Web) BSA (Web) Castellanos 1945: 33 Die Bromelie: 1982:161 FCBS (Web) Golinski 1997 Iheringia: 51(1):36 J. Bromeliad Soc.: 73: 75: 18:1 26:66 31:240 43:288 56:115 58:182p,241p Klein & Klein 2013a: 2013(1): 14-15, 16 Leme & Marigo 1993: 87 Leme 2000a: 24 Oliva-Esteve 2000a: 72 Padilla 1981: 69

Rauh 1979c: pl.80 Reitz 1983: 23 Richter 1962, 1978: 202 Saunders 1869-1873: 4:285 Smith & Downs 1979: 1867 Stutzer 2023: 57 Tardivo & Cervi 2001: 22:69b Tropiflora Cargo Rep: 14(3)

Comments:

• Key to the Varieties of Aechmea recurvata
  
  1. Inflorescence completely exserted above the leaf -sheaths; floral bracts serrate . var recurvata.
  1. Inflorescence almost or wholly included by the leaf-sheaths.
  2. Leaves and bracts strongly serrate. var ortgiesii.
  2. Leaves and bracts entire or nearly so. var benrathii.
  2. Floral bracts white var. albobracteata (Butcher)