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Aechmea bracteata var. pacifica is a synonym of:

Aechmea laxiflora Benth.

(subgen. Aechmea)

Publ: Bot. Voy. Sulphur 173 (1846)

Type: Mexico, Guerrero: Acapulco, without collection date, Sinclair s.n., (holotype K)

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Distribution: Mexico: from southern Sinaloa to western Oaxaca

Habitat: epiphyte in oak forests, pine-oak forests, riparian forests, tropical deciduous forests, and tropical subdeciduous forests, 0-1250 m. Elev.

Etymology: Not specified in the protologue, but probably named because of the lax arrangement of the inflorescence branches

Aechmea laxiflora