Aechmea pineliana (Brongn. ex Planch.) Baker (1879)

Synonyms:

• Echinostachys rosea Beer (1856)
• Echinostachys pineliana Brongn. ex Planch (1858)
• Macrochordium pinelianum (Brongn. ex Planch.) Lem. (1862)
• Aechmea pineliana var. pineliana (Brongn. ex Planchon) Baker (1879)
• Aechmea triticina var. capensis L.B.Sm. (1955)
• Aechmea pineliana var. minuta M.B.Foster (1961)
• Pothuava pineliana (Brongniart) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress (1989)
• Pothuava pineliana var. minuta (M.B.Foster) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress (1989)
• Pothuava triticina var. capensis (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress (1989)

Aechmea pineliana var. minuta M.B.Foster

Status: must be synonymized

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 11(6): 96 (1961)

Type: Foster 3052 (holotype, US), Vargem Alta, Espirito Santo, Brazil, 15 Aug 1940.

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Taxonomic Change:

• Aechmea pineliana is highly variable in size leading to the description of the Aechmea pineliana var. minuta Foster. Variation in size can appear in the same population, so here A. pineliana is treated in a wide sense. —See Wendt 1997