Aechmea mariae-reginae
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Aechmea mariae-reginae is a species of the genus Aechmea
. This is one of the few Bromelioideae
species that is dioecious
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Aechmea
Aechmea is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The name comes from the Greek “aichme” . Aechmea has 8 subgenera and 255 species distributed from Mexico through South America...
. This is one of the few Bromelioideae
Bromelioideae
Bromelioideae is a subfamily of the bromeliads . This subfamily is the most diverse, represented by the greatest number of genera with 32, but the least number of species with 861. Most of the plants in this group are epiphytes, though some have evolved in, or will adapt to, terrestrial conditions...
species that is dioecious
Dioecious
Dioecy is the property of a group of biological organisms that have males and females, but not members that have organs of both sexes at the same time. I.e., those whose individual members can usually produce only one type of gamete; each individual organism is thus distinctly female or male...
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Cultivars
- Aechmea 'Jimmie Knight'
- Aechmea 'Maygood Moir'
- Aechmea 'Prince Albert'
- xAndrolaechmea 'Dean'