Androlepis skinneri is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. It is native to southern Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco) and Central America (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua). This is one of the few Bromelioideae species that is dioecious.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Androlepis skinneri being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Aechmea mexicana
- Wittmackia lingulata
- Hohenbergia augusta
- Aechmea setigera
- Werauhia sanguinolenta
- Aechmea bromeliifolia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Androlepis
- Species
- Androlepis skinneri
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