Illustration of <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Aechmea_mertensii" title="Aechmea mertensii">Aechmea mertensii </a></i>  (as syn.  A. mucroniflora)
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Walter_Hood_Fitch" class="extiw" title="w:en:Walter Hood Fitch"><span title="botanical illustrator (1817-1892)">Walter Hood Fitch</span></a>
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1855
<p><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Curtis%27s_Botanical_Magazine" title="Category:Curtis's Botanical Magazine">Curtis's botanical magazine</a> vol. 81 (ser. 3 no. 11)  plate 4832<br></p>
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