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Internal ID UUID643ff15d9525d229279311
Scientific name Aechmea aquilega
Authority (Salisb.) Griseb.
First published in Fl. Brit. W. I. : 592 (1864)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Bromelia aquilega Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 40.
Gravisia aquilega Mez Fl. Bras. 3(3): 300 (1892)
Bromelia bracteata var. aquilega (Salisb.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 118 (1821)

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Chinese 鹰爪光萼荷

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Name Authority First published in
Aechmea aquilega var. aquilega Unknown
Aechmea aquilega var. chrysocoma (Baker) L.B.Sm. Phytologia 8: 219 (1962)

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
    • Caribbean
      • Jamaica
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000337468
Tropicos 4301391
INPN 731680
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1160033-2
The Plant List kew-217809
Open Tree Of Life 388149
NCBI Taxonomy 713971
IPNI 1160033-2
iNaturalist 491388
GBIF 2698421
Freebase /m/09gkb8z
EOL 1127285
Wikipedia Aechmea_aquilega

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Interactive effects of drought and deforestation on multitrophic communities and aquatic ecosystem functions in the Neotropics—a test using tank bromeliads Séguigne M, Leroy C, Carrias JF, Corbara B, Lafont Rapnouil T, Céréghino R PeerJ 08-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11088369
doi:10.7717/peerj.17346
PMID:38737739
Epiphytic CAM bromeliads indicate vulnerability of tropical forest communities to climate change Males J, Baksh-Comeau Y, Jaggernauth D, Ballah S, Paltoo S, Griffiths H Ann Bot 28-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10799987
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad152
PMID:37897046
Light intensity mediates phenotypic plasticity and leaf trait regionalization in a tank bromeliad Lafont Rapnouil T, Gallant Canguilhem M, Julien F, Céréghino R, Leroy C Ann Bot 30-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10667009
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad126
PMID:37647886
Home security cameras as a tool for behavior observations and science equity Goolsby BC, Fischer MT, Pareja-Mejia D, Lewis AR, Raboisson G, O’Connell LA bioRxiv 11-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10153166
doi:10.1101/2023.04.17.537238
PMID:37131676
First Report of the Tramp ant Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921 (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) in Brazil with Cytogenetic and Sperm Structure Data and an Updated Key to Brazilian Dolichoderinae Genera Barros LA, Chaul JC, Teixeira GA, Lod RB, Orivel J, de Aguiar HJ Zool Stud 21-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9522628
doi:10.6620/ZS.2022.61-29
PMID:36245915
Tree Species and Epiphyte Taxa Determine the “Metabolomic niche” of Canopy Suspended Soils in a Species-Rich Lowland Tropical Rainforest Gargallo-Garriga A, Sardans J, Alrefaei AF, Klem K, Fuchslueger L, Ramírez-Rojas I, Donald J, Leroy C, Langenhove LV, Verbruggen E, Janssens IA, Urban O, Peñuelas J Metabolites 21-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8621298
doi:10.3390/metabo11110718
PMID:34822376
Diversity of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Caatinga Biome, Brazil, from the Widespread to the Endemic Andrade DC, Morais SA, Marteis LS, Gama RA, Freire RC, Rekowski BS, Ueno HM, La Corte R Insects 24-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7469145
doi:10.3390/insects11080468
PMID:32722308
Diversity and levels of endemism of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica – an updated checklist Cáceres González DA, Schulte K, Schmidt M, Zizka G PhytoKeys 11-Nov-2013
PMCID:PMC3881346
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.29.4937
PMID:24399894
Mutualistic ants contribute to tank-bromeliad nutrition Leroy C, Carrias JF, Corbara B, Pélozuelo L, Dézerald O, Brouard O, Dejean A, Céréghino R Ann Bot 16-Jul-2013
PMCID:PMC3747800
doi:10.1093/aob/mct147
PMID:23864002
Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) Bertani R Zookeys 23-Oct-2012
PMCID:PMC3494022
doi:10.3897/zookeys.230.3500
PMID:23166476
Insects and allies associated with bromeliads: a review Frank JH, Lounibos LP Terr Arthropod Rev 01-Jan-2009
PMCID:PMC2832612
doi:10.1163/187498308X414742
PMID:20209047

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