Pseudaechmea is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae.

The genus name is from the Greek pseudos (false) and the genus Aechmea.

[1] The genus was established by Lyman Smith and R.W.

Read in 1982.

[2] The sole species is Pseudaechmea ambigua, treated as a synonym of Billbergia ambigua by Plants of the World Online as of November 2022[update].