Aechmea vallerandii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aechmea. This was for a time called A. beeriana but was reclassified in 2008.Erhardt, Götz & Seybold, in Der große Zander : 1825 (2008) It is native to Panama and to northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, Peru, northern Brazil).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Cultivars Aechmea 'Salvador' Aechmea 'Tropic Torch'
References
BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009