Vriesea platynema

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Vriesea Species: platynema Varieties: platynema flava libonii rosea striata variegata wrightii
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Vriesea platynema Gaudichaud, 1843

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Distribution:

Venezuela
epiphytic, saxicolous
100 - 1200 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Vriesea platynema Gaudichaud (1843) Voyage autour de Monde éxécuté pendant les Années 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette la Bonite ... Botanique  pl. 66

(Voy. Bonite, Bot.)

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia platynema (Gaudichaud) Grisebach, 1865

Literature:

• Proctor & Read In: Adams (1972) Flowering Plants of Jamaica :52-53
• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 1124-1127
• Steyermark, Berry & Holst (1997) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol.3 :671
• Oliva-Esteve (2000) Bromeliads :17
• Frank (2007) Journal of the Bromeliad Society 57(1): 34-37
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :104