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Aechmea mertensii

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Internal ID UUID643ff1699dc73707488488
Scientific name Aechmea mertensii
Authority (G.Mey.) Schult. & Schult.f.
First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1272 (1830)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Aechmea humilis Mez Monogr. Phan. 9: 216 (1896)
Aechmea mucroniflora Hook. Bot. Mag. 81: t. 4832 (1855)
Aechmea spicata Mart. ex Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1273 (1830)
Aechmea thyrsiflora (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Schltdl. Linnaea 18: 437. 1845 (1845)
Aechmea wullschlaegeliana Mez Fl. Bras. 3(3): 330 (1892)
Billbergia mertensii Miq. Linnaea 18: 376 (1845)
Bromelia mertensii G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. : 144 (1818)
Bromelia thyrsifolia Willd. ex Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7(2): 1282. 1830 [Oct-Dec 1830]
Hohenbergia martii Baker Refug. Bot. 4: t. 284 (1871)
Hohenbergia mertensii Baker Refug. Bot. 4: t. 284 (1871)
Hohenbergia mucroniflora Baker Refug. Bot. 4: t. 284 (1871)
Hohenbergia spicata Baker Refug. Bot. 4: t. 284 (1871)
Hoplophytum mertensii Beer Fam. Bromel. : 134 (1856)
Hoplophytum mucroniflora Beer Fam. Bromel. : 134 (1856)
Hoplophytum spicatum Beer Fam. Bromel. 140. 1856 (1856)
Bromelia thrysiflora Willd. ex Schult.f. Syst. Veg. 7(2): 1282 1830
Hoplophytum mucroniflorum (Hook.) Beer Fam. Bromel. 131 1856
Bromelia thyrsiflora Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1282 (1830)

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Arabic أكمية مرتنسية

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
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      • Ecuador
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World Flora Online wfo-0000337781
Tropicos 4300853
INPN 731686
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:121729-1
The Plant List kew-218100
Open Tree Of Life 1017589
NCBI Taxonomy 326775
IPNI 121729-1
iNaturalist 566054
GBIF 2697985
Freebase /m/09k6y1_
EOL 1127154
Wikipedia Aechmea_mertensii

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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
Mutualistic interactions between ants and fungi: A review Dejean A, Azémar F, Naskrecki P, Tindo M, Rossi V, Faucher C, Gryta H Ecol Evol 28-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10375366
doi:10.1002/ece3.10386
PMID:37529578
Host‐tree selection by the ant garden‐initiating arboreal ponerine Neoponera goeldii Dejean A, Rossi V, Azémar F, Compin A, Petitclerc F, Talaga S, Corbara B Ecology 25-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC10078305
doi:10.1002/ecy.3843
PMID:36156795
Ecosystem services provided by bromeliad plants: A systematic review Ladino G, Ospina‐Bautista F, Estévez Varón J, Jerabkova L, Kratina P Ecol Evol 29-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6662323
doi:10.1002/ece3.5296
PMID:31380056
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
ContentSnapshots N/A Ann Bot 01-Jan-2012
PMCID:PMC3241599
doi:10.1093/aob/mcr304
Ant species identity mediates reproductive traits and allocation in an ant-garden bromeliad Leroy C, Corbara B, Pélozuelo L, Carrias JF, Dejean A, Céréghino R Ann Bot 06-Oct-2011
PMCID:PMC3241577
doi:10.1093/aob/mcr253
PMID:21984729
Divergent Chemical Cues Elicit Seed Collecting by Ants in an Obligate Multi-Species Mutualism in Lowland Amazonia Youngsteadt E, Guerra Bustios P, Schal C PLoS One 30-Dec-2010
PMCID:PMC3012710
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015822
PMID:21209898
Potential sources of nitrogen in an ant-garden tank-bromeliad Leroy C, Corbara B, Dejean A, Céréghino R Plant Signal Behav 01-Sep-2009
PMCID:PMC2802808
doi:10.4161/psb.4.9.9423
PMID:19847109
The Life History and Shelter Building Behavior of Vettius Coryna Coryna Hewitson, 1866 in Eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) Greeney HF, Warren AD J Insect Sci 02-Jun-2009
PMCID:PMC3011883
doi:10.1673/031.009.3201
PMID:19613868

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