40-117.1

Aechmea moorei H.Luther

(subgen. Platyaechmea)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 30(4): 176-178 (1980)

Type: Peru: Loreto: Collected near Iquitos by Lee Moore and Jack Holmes. Flowered in the collection of Herb Hill Jr ., Lithia, Florida. H. E. Luther s.n., Oct,. 10, 1979, SEL herb 028794. (Holotype SEL)

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Distribution: PERU; Loreto,

Etymology: The specific name honors the discoverer, Lee Moore, a plant collector formerly working around Iquitos, Peru. Moore was responsible for the introduction of a number of ornamental bromeliads into the trade including Aechmea retusa L. B. Smith, A. nallyi L. B. Smith, Neoregelia mooreana L. B. Smith and for the rediscovery of A. chantinii (Carr .) Baker. Aechmea moorei was distributed.in the early 1960's as , A. Mooreana' , (a name that was never validly published) by Moore and Jack Holmes, a nurseryman from Tampa, Florida.

Aechmea moorei