''Aechmea calyculata'' is a species of
flowering plant
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in the
Bromeliaceae
The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, ...
family.
Distribution
The
bromeliad
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is
endemic
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to the
Atlantic Forest biome (''Mata Atlantica Brasileira''). It is native to southern
Brazil
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in the states of
Paraná Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to:
Geology
* Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America
Places In Argentina
*Paraná, Entre Ríos, a city
* Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province
In Brazil
*Paraná (state), a state ...
,
Santa Catarina, and
Rio Grande do Sul
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; and in eastern
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
in
Misiones
Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes P ...
province.
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Cultivars and hybrids
Cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ...
s and hybrids of ''Aechmea calyculata'' include:
* ''Aechmea'' 'Alaya'BSI BCR Entry for 'Alaya'
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* ''Aechmea'' 'Ann Vincent'
* ''Aechmea'' 'Gemma'
* ''Aechmea'' 'Len Butt'
* ''Aechmea'' 'Mini-Cal'
* ''Aechmea'' 'Phoenix'
* ''Aechmea'' 'Solo'
* × ''Nidumea'' 'Loeseneri'
References
calyculata
Flora of Brazil
Flora of Argentina
Flora of Espírito Santo
Flora of Misiones Province
Flora of Paraná (state)
Flora of Santa Catarina (state)
Plants described in 1865
Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker
Taxa named by Charles Jacques Édouard Morren
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