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Aechmea vallerandii is a species in the genus Aechmea. This was for a time called A. beeriana but was reclassified in 2008.[2] It is native to Panama and to northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, Peru, northern Brazil).[1]

Aechmea vallerandii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Bromelioideae
Genus:	Aechmea
Species:	A. vallerandii
Binomial name
Aechmea vallerandii Carrière
Synonyms[1]
Lamprococcus vallerandii Carrière Streptocalyx vallerandii (Carrière) E.Morren Streptocalyx poeppigii Beer Streptocalyx juruanus Ule Aechmea beeriana L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer

Cultivars

• Aechmea 'Salvador'
• Aechmea 'Tropic Torch'

References

• BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009

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