Vriesea psittacina

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Vriesea Species: psittacina Varieties: psittacina decolor rubrobracteata
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Vriesea psittacina (Hooker) Lindley, 1843

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Distribution:

Brazil, Est. Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro
epiphytic in dense, wet rainforests along rivers
0 - 900 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Basionym: Tillandsia psittacina Hooker (1828) Botanical Magazine  :55

(Bot. Mag.)

Vriesea psittacina (Hooker) Lindley (1843) Botanical Register; consisting of coloured ... 29: 10

(Bot. Reg.)

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia psittacina Hooker, 1828
• Hexalepis psittacina (Hooker) Rafinesque, 1838
• Vriesea psittacina var. exilis Neumann, 1852

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 1226-1228
• Oliva-Esteve (2000) Bromeliads :282
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :105
• Luther (2009) Journal of the Bromeliad Society 59(2): 84