Aechmea mexicana Baker

MONRO, A. K., SANTAMARÍA-AGUILAR, D., GONZÁLEZ, F., CHACÓN, O., SOLANO, D., RODRÍGUEZ, A., ZAMORA, N., FEDELE, E. & CORREA, M., 2017, A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama, Phytotaxa 322 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

Aechmea mexicana Baker

Epiphytic herbs. Distribution in PILA 0–1700 m, low elevation mixed forest, mixed forest in transition to low elevation forest, mixed forest in transition to cloud forest, cloud forest. Global distribution: Mexico to Ecuador. Records: L.D. Gómez 23146 (MO). Uses: ornamental.

ψ Aechmea veitchii Baker

Facultatively epiphytic herbs. Distribution in PILA 1000–2000 m, mixed forest in transition to low elevation forest, mixed forest in transition to cloud forest. Global distribution: Costa Rica to Peru. Records: A. Fernández 876 (CR, INB), A.K. Monro 5519 (BM, INB, PMA), A.K. Monro 5614 (BM, INB, PMA), A.K. Monro 6026 (PMA), A.K. Monro 6211 (PMA), A. Rodríguez 10959 (BM, INB, PMA), A. Rodríguez 11333 (BM, INB, PMA), D. Santamaría 6642 (BM, INB, PMA), D. Solano 4095 (BM, INB, PMA), D. Solano 4825 (BM, INB, PMA), G. Herrera 5341 (INB, MO), J. Bittner 1508 (INB, MO), S. Bridgewater 4187 (BM, INB, PMA), S. Bridgewater 4192 (BM, INB, PMA). Uses: ornamental. Regional conservation status: Vulnerable (VU), B1ab(i,iii).