Aechmea subg. Aechmea
Inflorescence of Aechmea fendleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Aechmea
Subgenus:	Aechmea subg. Aechmea Baker
Species
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Aechmea subg. Aechmea is a subgenus of the genus Aechmea.

Species accepted by Encyclopedia of Bromeliads as of October 2022:^[1]

Image	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)

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