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|   | Aechmea brassicoides Baker | 
(subgen. Aechmea)Publ: J. Bot. 20: 239 (1882)
 
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					Etymology: The name brassicaeformis is suggested by a note of the collectors that the inner leaves form a heart like an early spring-cabbage.