Vriesea saundersii

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Vriesea Species: saundersii
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Vriesea saundersii (Carrière) E. Morren ex Mez, 1894

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In Smith & Downs (1977) Vriesea botafogensis is considered as a synonym of this species. Meanwhile it has become a valid taxon.

Distribution:

Eastern-Brazil, Est. Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo(?)
on coastal rocks

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Basionym: Encholirion saundersii Carrière (1872) Revue Horticole 44: 300

(Rev. Hort.)

Vriesea saundersii (Carrière) E. Morren ex Mez (1894) In: Martius Flora Brasiliensis 3(3): 540

(Fl. Bras.)

Synonyms:

• Encholirion saundersii Carrière, 1872
• Tillandsia saundersii (Carrière) K. Koch, 1874

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 1205
• Pinkert (1991) Die Bromelie 3:56-58
• Leme & Costa (1994) Bromélia 1(2): 11-18
• Luther & Sieff (1997) Selbyana 18(1): 126
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :105