Aechmea lingulata is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to the West Indies (Bahamas, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles etc.), Costa Rica, Panama and northern South America.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Aechmea lingulata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Aechmea
Subgenus: Aechmea subg. Aechmea
Species:
A. lingulata
Binomial name
Aechmea lingulata
(Linnaeus) Baker
Synonyms[1]
  • Bromelia lingulata L.
  • Hoplophytum lingulatum (L.) Beer
  • Chevaliera lingulata (L.) Griseb.
  • Wittmackia lingulata (L.) Mez
  • Bromelia lingularia Houtt.
  • Billbergia odora Miq.
  • Aechmea surinamensis Beer
  • Lamprococcus ramosus Beer
  • Hohenbergia odora (Miq.) Baker
  • Aechmea odora (Miq.) Baker
  • Aechmea plumieri Baker
  • Aechmea poeppigii Baker
  • Wittmackia odora (Miq.) Mez
  • Wittmackia glaziovii Mez
  • Wittmackia poeppigii (Baker) Mez

Two varieties are recognized:[1]

  1. Aechmea lingulata var. lingulata - most of species range
  2. Aechmea lingulata var. patentissima (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) L.B.Sm. - eastern Brazil

History

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Indigenous people were the first to use this plant in their traditions. Currently, the Fulni-Ô people, from brazilian northeast, still use this plant in their traditional medicine and to make tools. [9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Luther, Harry E. (1995). "An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica". Selbyana. 16 (2): 230–234. ISSN 0361-185X. JSTOR 41759911.
  3. ^ Holst, Bruce K. (1 February 1994). "Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 15 (1): 132–149. ISSN 2689-0682. JSTOR 41759858.
  4. ^ Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  5. ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  6. ^ Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  7. ^ Versieux, L.M., Wendt, T., Batista Louzada, R. & das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M. (2008 publ. 2009). Bromeliaceae da Cadeia do Espinhaço. Megadiversidade 4: 98-110.
  8. ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  9. ^ Da Silva, Valdelina A. (2003). "Etnobotânica dos índios Fulni-Ô". UFPE.