Aechmea mexicana Baker in J. Bot. 17: 165. 1879 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2018
- =Aechmea grandis Wawra, It. Sax.-Cob.: 146. 1883 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Guzmania grandis hort. ex Wawra, It. Sax.-Cob.: 146. 1883 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Hoplophytum grande E. Morren ex Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 50-51. 1889 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Aechmea bernoulliana Wittm. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14 (Beibl. 32): 1-3. 1891 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Podaechmea mexicana (Baker) L.B. Sm. & W.J. Kress in Phytologia 69: 271. 1990 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008