''Aechmea kuntzeana'' is a plant

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in the

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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 around ...

''. This species is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to eastern

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> This plant was classified by

Carl Christian Mez Carl Christian Mez (26 March 1866 – 8 January 1944) was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name. Life and work Mez came from a family of industrialists in Frei ...

in 1896, he also validly published the name Aechmea kuntzeana.

Characteristics

* Growth: Aechmea kuntzeana is a

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, in fact it can reach a height of 1 to 1,5 metres. * Leaves: Its simple leaves are basal. They are spatulate and sessile, with serrate margins and parallel venation. * Flowers and Fruits: Produces spikes of green tubular flowers. And it produces

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, as Aechmea kuntzeana is a perennial plant

Cultivation

Aechmea kuntzeana plants prefer sun to part shade, and the soil of the container where it is moist. With regard to the surface, it should be sandy, sandy-sandy, loamy, silty, loamy or clayey. It should also be noted that this plant can only tolerate temperatures above 1ºC as a minimum, otherwise the life of the plant and its inability to grow would be put at risk.

References

kuntzeana Flora of Bolivia Plants described in 1896 {{Aechmea-stub