Vriesea wuelfinghoffii

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Vriesea Species: wuelfinghoffii
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Vriesea wuelfinghoffii Rauh & E. Gross, 1191

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The species was named after Rudolf Wülfinghoff, a german bromeliad collector. According to him the altitude of the type-locality, citetd in the original description as "1400m", is wrong. It has to be "2400m". (Wülfinghoff 1996, pers. comm.)

Distribution:

Southern-Ecuador, Dept. Azuay, near Cuenca
saxicolous on steep cliffs
2400 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Vriesea wuelfinghoffii Rauh & E. Gross (1991) Bromelienstudien XXII. Mitteilung In: Tropische und Subtropische Pflanzenwelt 79: 25-27

(Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt)

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia azuayensis (Rauh & E.Gross) J.R. Grant, 1994

Literature:

• Wülfinghoff (1996) Die Bromelie 2: 60
• Luther & Sieff (1997) Selbyana 18(1): 127
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :107