Aechmea distichantha Lemaire [ Billbergia polystachia Lindl. & Paxton]
Paxton, J., Lindley, J., Paxton’s flower garden [updated entry] (1850-1853)
Paxton’s Fl. Gard.

vol. 3 (1853)
t. 80 (1853)
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Aechmea distichantha Lemaire


name cited:
Billbergia polystachia Lindl. & Paxton
name recognized:
Aechmea distichantha Lemaire
drawing: L. Constans
family: Bromeliaceae
epithet cited: polystachius,-a,-um

epithet recognized: distichanthus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.
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homotypic synonyms:
Hohenbergia distichantha (Lemaire) Baker; Hoplophytum distichanthum (Lemaire) Beer;
heterotypic synonyms:
Aechmea involucrata Rusby; Platyaechmea distichantha (Lem.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress; Quesnelia distichanta (Lemaire) Lindm.;
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