| 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) |