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Aechmea gamosepala

Synonyms: Ortgiesia gamosepala (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Aechmea gamosepala is a bromeliad endemic to southern Brazil. It is often cultivated as an ornamental plant. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius The following varieties are recognized : 1. \n* Aechmea gamosepala var. gamosepala - from São Paulo State south to Rio Grande do Sul 2. \n* Aechmea gamosepala var. nivea Reitz, 1962 - Santa Catarina
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Infraspecies

Aechmea gamosepala var. gamosepala
Aechmea gamosepala var. nivea

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low

Predators

Dynastor darius (The leaf butterfly)[2]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Clytolaema rubricauda (Brazilian Ruby)[3]
Phaethornis eurynome (Scale-throated Hermit)[3]
Stephanoxis lalandi (Green-crowned Plovercrest)[3]
Thalurania glaucopis (Violet-capped Woodnymph)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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