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Aechmea chantinii (Amazonian Zebra Plant)

Synonyms: Aechmea chantinii f. chantinii; Billbergia chantinii (homotypic); Platyaechmea chantinii (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Aechmea chantinii is a bromeliad native to the Amazon Rainforest vegetation in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Commonly known as Amazonian zebra plant, it is often used as an ornamental plant. The following subspecies are recognized : \n* Aechmea chantinii var. chantinii (Carrière) Baker, 1889 - most of species range \n* Aechmea chantinii var. fuchsii H.Luther (1987 publ. 1988). - Ecuador
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Infraspecies

Aechmea chantinii var. chantinii
Aechmea chantinii var. fuchsiae
Aechmea chantinii var. fuchsii

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low

Predators

Gymnaspis aechmeae (fly speck scale)[2]
Rhizoecus floridanus (florida ground mealybug)[2]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0