Vriesea procera

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Vriesea Species: procera Varieties: procera debilis rubra tenuis
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Vriesea procera (Martius ex Schultes f.) Wittmack, 1891

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Distribution:

Venezuela, Trinidad to Brazil, Paraguay, Northern-Argentina
epiphytic, terrestrial in evergreen lowland forests
50 - 100 (-525) m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Basionym: Tillandsia procera Martius ex Schultes f. (1830) In: Roemer & Schultes Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 1224-1225

(Syst. Veg.)

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Vriesea procera (Martius ex Schultes f.) Wittmack (1891) Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 13 (Beibl. 29): 21

(Bot. Jahrb. Syst.)

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia procera Martius ex Schultes f., 1830
• Vriesea gracilis Gaudichaud, 1843
• Tillandsia gracilis (Gaudichaud) Grisebach, 1865
• Tillandsia erectiflora Baker, 1887
• Vriesea catharinensis F. Müller, 1893
• Vriesea procera var. gracilis (Gaudichaud) Mez, 1894
• Tillandsia viscidula Britton, 1894

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 1205-1207
• Steyermark, Berry & Holst (1997) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol.3 :671-672
• Brötzmann (2001) Die Bromelie 1: 11
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :104