Aechmea chantinii

Aechmea chantinii is a bromeliad native to the Amazon Rainforest vegetation in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.[1][2][3] Commonly known as Amazonian zebra plant, it is often used as an ornamental plant.

Amazonian zebra plant
Cultivar 'Variegata' with coloured leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Platyaechmea
Species:
A. chantinii
Binomial name
Aechmea chantinii
(Carrière) Baker
Synonyms[1]
  • Billbergia chantinii Carrière
  • Platyaechmea chantinii (Carrière) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress
  • Aechmea amazonica Ule
  • Aechmea chantinii f. amazonica (Ule) H.Luther

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

Cultivars

There are numerous cultivars, including [4]

  • Aechmea 'Saturn'
  • Aechmea 'Shogun'
  • Aechmea 'Silver Goddess'
  • Aechmea 'Ski Track'
  • Aechmea 'Skyrocket'
  • Aechmea 'Snippy Lynn'
  • Aechmea 'Snow Flake'
  • Aechmea 'Solid Silver'
  • Aechmea 'Stripes on Stripes'
  • Aechmea 'Summerland'
  • Aechmea 'Sweden'
  • Aechmea 'Thai Red'
  • Aechmea 'Tillantini'
  • Aechmea 'Tropic Torch'
  • Aechmea 'Very Black'
  • Aechmea 'Vista'
  • xAechopsis 'Santa Cruz'
  • xAnamea 'Pink Scorpion'
  • xCanmea 'Galaxy'
  • xCanmea 'Smokey'
  • xHohenmea 'Betsy McCrory'
  • xNeomea 'Arla Rutledge'
  • xNeomea 'Big Rusty'
  • xNeomea 'Black Snow'
  • xNeomea 'Eugenia'
  • xNeomea 'Marnieri'
  • xNeomea 'Memoria Ralph Davis'
  • xNeomea 'San Diego'
  • xNeomea 'Stardust'
  • xNidumea 'Margaret J'

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  3. Aguirre-Santoro, J. & Betancur, J. (2008). Sinopsis del Género Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) para Colombia. Caldasia 30: 265-288.
  4. BSI Cultivar Registry Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 October 2009


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