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Internal ID UUID643ff172ad6c8796752062
Scientific name Aechmea williamsii
Authority (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer
First published in Phytologia 72: 98 (1992)

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It is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows up to 1.5 m tall. The leaves are lanceolate, up to 40 cm long and 10 cm wide, with a pointed tip. The flowers are white, with a yellow center, and are borne in a terminal inflorescence. The fruits are globose, up to 2 cm in diameter, and contain numerous small seeds.

Aechmea williamsii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aechmea, native to Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, and northern Brazil. It is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows up to 1.5 m tall, with lanceolate leaves up to 40 cm long and 10 cm wide. The flowers are white with a yellow center, and the fruits are globose, up to 2 cm in diameter, containing numerous small seeds.

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Streptocalyx williamsii L.B.Sm. Contr. Gray Herb. 98: 14 (1932)

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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World Flora Online wfo-0000338012
Tropicos 4303786
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:963789-1
The Plant List kew-218321
Open Tree Of Life 3964003
IPNI 963789-1
GBIF 2698556
Freebase /m/09v8j62
EOL 1127056
Wikipedia Aechmea_williamsii

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