Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 592. 1864 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2018
- ≡Bromelia bracteata Sw., Prodr.: 56. 1788 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & al. 2010
- =Aechmea schiedeana Trin. in Linnaea 18: 437-439. 1844 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Aechmea laxiflora Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulph.: 173. 1846 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Hoplophytum bracteatum (Sw.) K. Koch in Wochenschr. Vereines Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 306. 1860 syn. sec. POWO 2019
- =Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) Griseb. var. bracteata, Fl. Brit. W. I.: 592. 1864 syn. sec. ???
- =Hohenbergia bracteata (Sw.) Baker, Refug. bot. 4: sub t. 284. 1871 syn. sec. POWO 2019
- =Aechmea regularis Baker in J. Bot. 17: 229. 1879 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Aechmea macracantha Brongn. ex André in Ill. Hort. 27: 59. 1880 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Aechmea barleei Baker in Gard. Chron., ser. 2, 20: 102. 1883 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Aechmea isabellina Baker in J. Bot. 28: 305. 1890 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia spinosa Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 81. 1894 syn. sec. POWO 2019
- =Aechmea bracteata var. pacifica Beutelsp. in Cact. Suc. Mex. 16: 44, f. 26–27. 1971 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013