Figure A-B. Aechmea caesia (Bromeliaceae). Collection: Mello Filho sn, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro; inflorescence, bract, sepal. Originally published in Phytologia 24(5): 452, pl. 4, figs. 1-2, 1972. Artist: Tangerini, Alice R. - 1972.
Figure C. Aechmea fasciata var. fasciata (Bromeliaceae). - Type; Collection: Bot. Reg. 13: pl. 1130, 1828, Brazil, inflorescence. Redrawn from illustration of type specimen. Originally published in Phytologia 6(4): 196, pl. 1, fig. 9, 1958. Artist: Downs, Robert Jack - 1958.
Figure D. Aechmea dealbata (Bromeliaceae). Collection: Fl. Bras. pl. 71, inflorescence. Originally published in Phytologia 6(4): 196, pl. 1, fig. 10, 1958. Artist: Downs, Robert Jack - 1958.
Figure E-J. Aechmea distichantha var. distichantha (Bromeliaceae). Collection: Arquivos de Botanica do Estado de S. Paulo, leaf-apex, inflorescence, . Originally published in Smithson. Misc. Collect. (Brom. Brazil) 126(1): 218, fig. 101, 1955. Artist: Downs, Robert Jack - 1955.