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Billbergia contracta is a synonym of:

Aechmea contracta (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Baker

(subgen. Platyaechmea)

Publ: J. Bot. 17: 234 (1879)

Type: Martius s n (holotype, M; photo F 8633), Araracoara, Vaupes-Amazonas, Colombia, Jan 1820.

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Distribution: COLOMBIA; GUYANA; BRAZIL; PERU;

Habitat: Terrestrial and epiphytic in forest, 100-400 m. Elev.

Aechmea contracta