Aechmea chantinii (Carrière) Baker articles

Aechmea chantinii

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Aechmea chantinii is a bromeliad native to the Amazon Rainforest vegetation in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.^[1]^[2]^[3] Commonly known as Amazonian zebra plant, it is often used as an ornamental plant.

The following subspecies are recognized :

Aechmea chantinii var. chantinii (Carrière) Baker, 1889 - most of species range
Aechmea chantinii var. fuchsii H.Luther (1987 publ. 1988). - Ecuador

There are numerous cultivars of A. chantinii.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
^ Aguirre-Santoro, J. & Betancur, J. (2008). Sinopsis del Género Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) para Colombia. Caldasia 30: 265-288.
^ BSI Cultivar Registry Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 October 2009

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Aechmea chantinii is a bromeliad native to the Amazon Rainforest vegetation in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Commonly known as Amazonian zebra plant, it is often used as an ornamental plant.

The following subspecies are recognized :

Aechmea chantinii var. chantinii (Carrière) Baker, 1889 - most of species range Aechmea chantinii var. fuchsii H.Luther (1987 publ. 1988). - Ecuador

There are numerous cultivars of A. chantinii.