Aechmea skotakii H.Luther ex Manzan.
, J. Bromeliad Soc. 72(2): 83 (2023).
External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77316214-1
- Publication
- Journal of the Bromeliad Society. Los Angeles, CA
- Collation
- 72(2): 83
- Date of Publication
- 2022 publ Jan 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Bromeliaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Chester Skotak s.n.
- Locality
- Province of Zamora-Chinchipe, along Rio Zambe, S. of Zamora, 1500 m
- Collection Date
- 10 Mar 1994
- Type Herbaria
- holotype SEL 70940; 70941
- Distribution Of Types
- Ecuador (Western South America, Southern America)
- Type Remarks
- Flowering in cultivation in Costa Rica.
Remarks
According to author, first published as nom. inval. in Jewels of the Jungle: Bromeliaceae of Ecuador. Part 1, Bromelioideae (2002, p 162), and is cited in Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads (2002). Etymology: named in honour of the American bromeliad grower and collector Chester Skotak.