| Name | Aechmea contracta Baker | 
| Authorship | Baker | 
| Rank | Species | 
| Placed in | Aechmea Ruiz & Pavon | 
| Citation | 1879 J. Bot. 17: 234. | 
| Holdings | 7 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Aechmea contracta Baker | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (3), 1946 (1), 1973 (1), 1988 (1), 1990 (1) |