Biology:Aechmea fulgens

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Aechmea fulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Aechmea
Subgenus:	Aechmea subg. Lamprococcus
Species:	A. fulgens
Binomial name
Aechmea fulgens Brongn.
Synonyms
Lamprococcus fulgens (Brongn.) Beer Aechmea discolor C.Morren Lamprococcus fulgens var. discolor (C.Morren) Brongn. ex Beer Aechmea fulgens var. discolor (C.Morren) Brongn. ex Baker

Aechmea fulgens, the coralberry, is a bromeliad, which is often used like an ornamental plant. This plant grows in Brazil , especially in following states: Bahia and Pernambuco. It has an upright open rosette shape and after blooming, becomes a reddish orange. It blooms one time before dying.

Cultivars

• Aechmea 'Burning Bush'
• Aechmea 'Festival'
• Aechmea 'Fulgida'
• Aechmea 'Ice-T'
• Aechmea 'Jeanne Eunice'
• Aechmea 'Torch'

References

• BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009

External links

• Aechmea fulgens
• (in Portuguese) Aechmea fulgens

Wikidata ☰ Q4687263 entry