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Pitcairnia macrophylla is a synonym of:

Aechmea latifolia (Willd. ex Schult.f.) Klotzsch ex Baker

(subgen. Aechmea)

Publ: Handb. Bromel. 36. (1889)

Type: Andre 1753 (K) Columbia; on the banks of the Rio Honda, 5000 ft, 9-2-1876

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Habitat: terrestrial or epiphytic on lower branches of large trees, often near river banks, ca 1525 m. Elev.

Aechmea latifolia