Vriesea gigantea

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Vriesea Species: gigantea Varieties: gigantea seideliana
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Vriesea gigantea Gaudichaud, 1846

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Distribution:

Brazil, Est. Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul
epiphytic, terrestrial
5 - 500 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Vriesea gigantea Gaudichaud (1846) Voyage autour de Monde éxécuté pendant les Années 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette la Bonite ... Botanique  pl. 70

(Voy. Bonite, Bot.)

non Vriesea gigantea Martius ex Schultes f., 1830

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia gigantea (Gaudichaud) Grisebach, 1864
• Tillandsia tessellata Linden, 1873
• Vriesea tessellata (Linden) E. Morren, 1882
• Tillandsia reticulata Baker, 1887
• Vriesea tessellata sanderae hortus ex Sander, 1893; nomen
• Vriesea tessellata variegata hortus ex Wittmack, 1893; nomen
• Vriesea reticulata (Baker) Mez, 1894
• Vriesea mosenii Mez, 1894
• Vriesea alexandrae hort ex Sander, 1903

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 1105-1106
• Luther (2002) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. VIII :75
• Wolfe (2007) Journal of the Bromeliad Society 57(1): 23-24