Species of flowering plant
Amazonian zebra plant
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Cultivar 'Variegata' with coloured leaves
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Monocots
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Clade:
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Commelinids
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Order:
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Poales
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Family:
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Bromeliaceae
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Genus:
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Aechmea
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Subgenus:
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Aechmea subg. Platyaechmea
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Species:
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A. chantinii
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Binomial name
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Aechmea chantinii
(Carrière) Baker
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Synonyms[1]
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- Billbergia chantinii Carrière
- Platyaechmea chantinii (Carrière) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress
- Aechmea amazonica Ule
- Aechmea chantinii f. amazonica (Ule) H.Luther
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Aechmea chantinii, commonly known as Amazonian zebra plant, is a species bromeliad often used as an ornamental plant. It is native to the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.[1][2][3]
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