Vriesea rubra

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Vriesea Species: rubra
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Vriesea rubra (Ruiz & Pavón) Beer, 1856

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Distribution:

Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Amazonian Brazil
terrestrial, epiphytic in evergreen lowland-, montane- and secondary forests
50 - 1000 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Basionym: Tillandsia rubra Ruiz & Pavón (1802) Flora Peruviana 3: 40

(Fl. Peruv.)

Vriesea rubra (Ruiz & Pavón) Beer (1856) Die Familie der Bromeliaceen  :98

(Fam. Bromel.)

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia rubra Ruiz & Pavón, 1802
• Phytarrhiza rubra (Ruiz & Pavón) E. Morren ex Baker, 1889 ?
• Vriesea albiflora Ule, 1907
• Tillandsia rhohodactyla Mez, 1919

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 1088-1091
• Steyermark, Berry & Holst (1997) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol.3 :672
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :105