# Aechmea subg. Aechmea

Aechmea subg. Aechmea is a subgenus of the genus Aechmea.

## Species

Species accepted by Encyclopedia of Bromeliads as of October 2022:
| Scientific name | Distribution |
| Aechmea abbreviata L.B.Sm. | Ecuador. |
| Aechmea aculeatosepala (Rauh & Barthlott) Leme | Ecuador |
| Aechmea aiuruocensis Leme | Brazil (Minas Gerais) |
| Aechmea amicorum B.R.Silva & H.Luther | Brazil (SE. Bahia to Espírito Santo) |
| Aechmea ampla L.B.Sm. | Brazil (Bahia) |
| Aechmea andaquiensis Betancur & AguirreSantoro | Colombia |
| Aechmea angustifolia Poepp. & Endl. | Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela |
| Aechmea aquilega (Salisb.) Griseb. | Brazil, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela |
| Aechmea araneosa L.B.Sm. | Brazil (Espírito Santo) |
| Aechmea aripoensis (N.E.Brown) Pittendr. | Venezuela and Trinidad |
| Aechmea atrovittata Leme & Siqueira | Brazil (Alagoas) |
| Aechmea avaldoana Leme & W.Till | Brazil (Bahia) |
| Aechmea azurea L.B.Sm. | Brazil (Espírito Santo) |
| Aechmea bahiana L.B.Sm. | Brazil (Bahia) |
| Aechmea bambusoides L.B.Sm. & Reitz | Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro) |
| Aechmea bauxilumii Ángel Fernández | Venezuela |
| Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) Griseb. | Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela |
| Aechmea brassicoides Baker | Guyana |
| Aechmea callichroma Read & Baensch | Brazil (Sergipe) |
| Aechmea castelnavii Baker | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela |
| Aechmea catendensis J.A.Siqueira & Leme | Brazil |
| Aechmea cephaloides J.A.Siqueira & Leme | Brazil (Pernambuco) |
| Aechmea confertiflora Aguirre-Santoro & Betancur | Colombia |
| Aechmea confusa H.Luther | Peru |
| Aechmea correia-araujoi Pereira & Moutinho | Brazil (Bahia) |
| Aechmea costantinii (Mez) L.B.Sm. | Brazil |
| Aechmea cymosopaniculata Baker | Venezuela (Aragua) |
| Aechmea dactylina Baker | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panamá |
| Aechmea decurva Proctor | Jamaica |
| Aechmea discordiae Leme | Brazil (Bahia) |
| Aechmea disjuncta (L B Smith) Leme & J A Siqueira | Brazil (Bahia) |
| Aechmea downsiana Pittendr. | Trinidad (Mt. Chaguaramal) |
| Aechmea echinata (Leme) Leme | Brazil (Bahia) |
| Aechmea egleriana L.B.Sm. | Brazil, French Guiana, Venezuela |
| Aechmea emmerichiae Leme | Brazil (Chapada Diamantina) |
| Aechmea entringeri Leme | Brazil (Espírito Santo) |
| Aechmea eurycorymbus Harms | Brazil |
| Aechmea fasciata (Lindl.) Baker | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) |
| Aechmea fendleri André ex Mez | Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela |
| Aechmea filicaulis (Griseb.) Mez | Venezuela |
| Aechmea flavorosea E.Pereira | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) |
| Aechmea flemingii H.Luther | Leeward Island |
| Aechmea fosteriana L.B.Sm. | Brazil (Espírito Santo) |
| Aechmea grazielae Martinelli & Leme | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). |
| Aechmea guainumbiorum J A Siqueira & Leme | Brazil (Pernambuco) |
| Aechmea guaratingensis Leme & L.Kollmann | Brazil (Bahia). |
| Aechmea gurkeniana Pereira & Moutinho | Brazil (Bahia) |
| Aechmea huebneri Harms | Brazil, Colombia |
| Aechmea iguana Wittm. | Guatemala |
| Aechmea jungurudoensis H.Luther & K.Norton | Panama |
| Aechmea koesteri Manzan. | Ecuador |
| Aechmea lactifera Leme & J.A.Siqueira | Brazil. |
| Aechmea lanjouwii (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm.emend.E.J.Gouda | Suriname |
| Aechmea lasseri L.B.Sm. | Venezuela |
| Aechmea latifolia (Willd. ex Schult.f.) Klotzsch ex Baker | Colombia (Cundinamarca) |
| Aechmea leptantha (Harms) Leme & J A Siqueira | Brazil (Paraíba, Pernambuco) |
| Aechmea longicuspis Baker | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Aechmea longiramosa Betancur & Aguirre-Santoro | Colombia |
| Aechmea macrochlamys L.B.Sm. | Brazil (Espírito Santo) |
| Aechmea marauensis Leme | Brazil |
| Aechmea marginalis Leme & J.A.Siqueira | Brazil (Alagoas) |
| Aechmea melinonii Hook. | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname |
| Aechmea mertensii (Meyer) Schult. & Schult.f. | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela |
| Aechmea milsteiniana L.B.Sm. & Read | Brazil (Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais) |
| Aechmea mollis L.B.Sm. | Brazil (Bahia) |
| Aechmea moonenii Gouda | Suriname, French Guiana. |
| Aechmea mulfordii L.B.Sm. | Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia) |
| Aechmea mutica L.B.Sm. | Brazil (Espírito Santo) |
| Aechmea nallyi L.B.Sm. | Colombia, Peru |
| Aechmea nidularioides L.B.Sm. | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Aechmea nivea L.B.Sm. | Colombia |
| Aechmea orlandiana L.B.Sm. | Brazil (Espírito Santo) |
| Aechmea paniculata Ruiz & Pav. | Peru |
| Aechmea paniculigera (Sw.) Griseb. | Jamaica, Venezuela |
| Aechmea paradoxa (Leme) Leme | Brazil (Bahia) |
| Aechmea patriciae H.Luther | Ecuador |
| Aechmea penduliflora André | Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela |
| Aechmea phanerophlebia Baker | Brazil. |
| Aechmea politii L.B.Sm. | Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela |
| Aechmea polyantha E.Pereira & Reitz | French Guiana to Brazil (Amazonas) |
| Aechmea prancei L.B.Sm. | Brazil (Acre) |
| Aechmea prava E.Pereira | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) |
| Aechmea pubescens Baker | Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela |
| Aechmea purpureorosea (Hook.) Wawra | Brazil. |
| Aechmea pyramidalis Benth | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Aechmea ramosa Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. | Brazil |
| Aechmea ramusculosa Leme | Brazil (Bahia). |
| Aechmea rodriguesiana (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. | French Guiana to Brazil (Amazonas). |
| Aechmea roeseliae H.Luther | Ecuador. |
| Aechmea rubens (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm | Brazil. |
| Aechmea rubrolilacina Leme | Brazil (Espírito Santo). |
| Aechmea servitensis André | Colombia, Ecuador |
| Aechmea setigera Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panamá, Suriname, Venezuela |
| Aechmea skotakii H.Luther ex Manzanares | Ecuador. |
| Aechmea spectabilis (Linden ex Galeotti) Brongn. ex Houllet | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Aechmea stenosepala L.B.Sm. | Colombia |
| Aechmea streptocalycoides Philcox | Ecuador (Napo) to Peru |
| Aechmea strobilina (Beurl.) L.B.Sm. & Read | Panama. |
| Aechmea sucreana Martinelli & C.Vieira | Brazil (Espírito Santo). |
| Aechmea tocantina Baker | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela |
| Aechmea tomentosa Mez | |
| Aechmea vasquezii H.Luther | Peru. |
| Aechmea viridipetala A.F.Costa & Amorim | Brazil (Bahia) |
| Aechmea weberi (E.Pereira & Leme) Leme | Brazil (Bahia). |
| Aechmea werdermannii Harms | Brazil (Pernambuco, Alagoas). |
| Aechmea williamsii (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Aechmea xinguana A.K.Koch, Ilkiu-Borg. & Forzza | Brazil (Pará) |