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''Aechmea paniculigera'' is a plant
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The pools of water trapped at the base of its leaves are home to various creatures including young retrieved 29 July 2009
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
in the genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
''Aechmea
''Aechmea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae (subfamily Bromelioideae). The name comes from the Greek ''aichme'', meaning "spear". Suggested pronunciations include and . ''Aechmea'' comprises eight subgenera and aro ...
''. It grows in Colombia, Venezuela and Jamaica.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families/ref>
Description
The pools of water trapped at the base of its leaves are home to various creatures including young bromeliad crab
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, ...
s and damselflies
Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies (which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Epiprocta) but are usually smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the win ...
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References
paniculigera Flora of Jamaica Flora of Venezuela Flora of Colombia Plants described in 1788 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Aechmea-stub