Vriesea splendens

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Vriesea Species: splendens Varieties: splendens chlorostychya formosa oinochroma striatifolia
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Vriesea splendens (Brongniart) Lemaire, 1850

Common name: Flaming Sword

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Distribution:

Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana
epiphytic, terrestrial
300 - 1300 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Basionym: Tillandsia splendens Brongniart (1845) Annales de Flore et de Pomone 14: 311

(Ann. Fl. Pomone)

Vriesea splendens (Brongniart) Lemaire (1850) Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe 6(5): 162

(Fl. des Serres)

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia splendens Brongniart, 1845
• Vriesea speciosa Hooker, 1848
• Tillandsia vittata Richard ex Baker, 1889; nomen
• Tillandsia picta hortus ex Baker, 1889; nomen
• Tillandsia zebrina hortus ex Baker, 1889; nomen
• Vriesea splendens "Major" hortus ex M.B. Foster, 1961; nomen

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 1217
• Steyermark, Berry & Holst (1997) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol.3 :672
• Oliva-Esteve (2000) Bromeliads :291
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :106