Aechmea cymosopaniculata

Deforestation due to shifting cultivation has been responsible for most of the destruction of the original forests on the lower and middle mountain slopes of northern Venezuela. Deforestation is also caused by construction of tourist and recreation resorts in the vicinity of the larger cities, which also involves intensive road building into previously inaccessible areas. The area around Tovar, where the taxon was collected over 150 years ago, has dramatically changed since then, being very close to the capital of the country, Caracas, however reasonable size forest patches still remain. The selective extraction of some plants of commercial value is threatening several orchid and tree fern species in this region. The only known locality of this species is only approximately 40 km from the capital. It is therefore likely that this area is/was heavily collected for these purposes.

There are a number of protected areas in the region where this species was collected over 150 years ago. Many of these are threatened due to insufficient Government protection. The species was collected from a locality between two protected areas, namely Henri Pittier National Park to the west (which is in a relatively good state) and the Macarao National Park and Area Metropolitana de Caracas Protective Zone to the east, which are both very heavily used. There do not appear to be any ex situ conservation measures in place for this species.