Aechmea chantinii

Amazonian zebra plant
	Cultivar 'Variegata' with coloured leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Aechmea
Subgenus:	Aechmea subg. Platyaechmea
Species:	A. chantinii
Binomial name
	Aechmea chantinii; (Carrière) Baker
Synonyms
	Billbergia chantinii Carrière; Platyaechmea chantinii (Carrière) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress; Aechmea amazonica Ule; Aechmea chantinii f. amazonica (Ule) H.Luther;

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Aechmea chantinii, commonly known as Amazonian zebra plant, is a species bromeliad often used as an ornamental plant. It is native to the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The following subspecies are recognized :

Aechmea chantinii var. chantinii (Carrière) Baker, 1889 - most of species range
Aechmea chantinii var. fuchsii H.Luther (1987 publ. 1988). - Ecuador

There are numerous cultivars of A. chantinii.^[4]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
↑ Aguirre-Santoro, J. & Betancur, J. (2008). Sinopsis del Género Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) para Colombia. Caldasia 30: 265-288.
↑ BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009