| Name | Aechmea sphaerocephala Baker | 
| Authorship | Baker | 
| Rank | Species | 
| Placed in | Aechmea Ruiz & Pavon | 
| Citation | 1879 J. Bot. 17: 162. | 
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Aechmea sphaerocephala Baker | 
| Identification made in | 1940 (2), 1944 (1) | 
