''Vriesea'' is a

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s in the

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Bromeliaceae, subfamily

Tillandsioideae Tillandsioideae is a subfamily of plants in the bromeliad family Bromeliaceae. This subfamily contains the greatest number of species (about 1,400). Most are epiphytic or lithophytic, growing in trees or on rocks where they absorb water and nu ...

. The genus name is for

Willem Hendrik de Vriese Willem Hendrik de Vriese (11 August 1806 – 23 January 1862) was a Dutch botanist and physician born in Oosterhout, North Brabant. Education Willem Hendrik de Vriese studied medicine at the University of Leiden, earning his doctorate in 18 ...

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botanist,

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(1806–1862). Its species are widespread over

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and the

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> Containing some of the largest bromeliad

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, these tropical plants harbor a wide variety of

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fauna, unlike the smaller '' Catopsis'' species. In the wild, frogs may go through their whole life cycle in a bromeliad. This genus is closely related to ''

Guzmania ''Guzmania'' (tufted airplant) is a genus of over 120 species of flowering plants in the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae. They are mainly stemless, evergreen, epiphytic perennials native to Florida, the West Indies, sout ...

.'' Both ''Guzmania'' and ''Vriesea'' have dry capsules that split open to release parachute like seeds similar to the

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'' sp.). Most ''Vriesea'' are

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and grow soil-less on trees. they have no roots but have special hold fasts that do not take in any nutrients. All nutrients are taken in through the center "tank" made by a rosette of leaves.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: *'' Vriesea agostiniana'' E.Pereira – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea alta'' (Baker) É.Morren ex Mez – Panama *'' Vriesea altimontana'' E.Pereira & Martinelli – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea altodaserrae'' L.B.Sm. – from Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea altomacaensis'' A.Costa – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea altomayoensis'' H.Luther & K.F.Norton – Peru *'' Vriesea amethystina'' É.Morren – Espírito Santo + Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea andaraiensis'' Leme – Bahia *'' Vriesea andreettae'' Rauh – Azuay Province of Ecuador *'' Vriesea appendiculata'' (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. – Loja Province of Ecuador *'' Vriesea arachnoidea'' A.Costa – Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea arpocalyx'' (André) L.B.Sm. – Ecuador *'' Vriesea atra'' Mez – from Bahia to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea atrococcinea'' Rauh – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea atropurpurea'' Silveira – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea aureoramosa'' F.P.Uribbe & A.F.Costa *'' Vriesea bahiana'' Leme – Bahia *'' Vriesea barbosae'' J.A.Siqueira & Leme – Pernambuco *'' Vriesea barilletii'' É.Morren – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea baturitensis'' Versieux & Tomaz *'' Vriesea biguassuensis'' Reitz – Santa Catarina in southern Brazil *'' Vriesea billbergioides'' É.Morren ex Mez – São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea bituminosa'' Wawra – Venezuela, eastern Brazil *'' Vriesea blackburniana'' Leme – Bahia *'' Vriesea bleheri'' Roeth & W.Weber – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea boeghii'' H.Luther – Loja Province of Ecuador *'' Vriesea breviscapa'' (E.Pereira & I.A.Penna) Leme – Bahia, Espírito Santo * ''Vriesea'' × ''brueggemannii'' J.Z.Matos, M.B.Crespo & Juan *'' Vriesea brusquensis'' Reitz – from São Paulo to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea cacuminis'' L.B.Sm. – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea calimaniana'' Leme & W.Till – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea capixabae'' Leme – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea carinata'' Wawra – eastern + southern Brazil *'' Vriesea carmeniae'' R.L.Moura & A.F.Costa *'' Vriesea castaneobulbosa'' (Mez & Wercklé) J.R.Grant – Costa Rica *'' Vriesea cathcartii'' H.Luther – Ecuador *'' Vriesea cearensis'' L.B.Sm. – Ceará *'' Vriesea cereicola'' (Mez) L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Vriesea chapadensis'' Leme – Bahia *'' Vriesea cipoensis'' O.B.C.Ribeiro, C.C.Paula & Guarçoni – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea claudiana'' Leme, Trind.-Lima & O.B.C.Ribeiro – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea clausseniana'' (Baker) Mez – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea colnagoi'' E.Pereira & I.A.Penna – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea confusa'' L.B.Sm. – Nariño region of Colombia *'' Vriesea corcovadensis'' (Britton) Mez – from Bahia to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea correia-arauji'' E.Pereira & I.A.Penna *'' Vriesea crassa'' Mez – Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea curvispica'' Rauh – Peru *'' Vriesea cylindrica'' L.B.Sm. – Peru, Ecuador, Colombia *'' Vriesea debilis'' Leme – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea declinata'' Leme – Santa Catarina in southern Brazil *'' Vriesea delicatula'' L.B.Sm. – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea densiflora'' Mez – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea diamantinensis'' Leme – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea dictyographa'' Leme – Bahia *'' Vriesea dissitiflora'' (C.Wright) Mez – Cuba *'' Vriesea drepanocarpa'' (Baker) Mez – from Bahia to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea drewii'' L.B.Sm. – Ecuador *'' Vriesea dubia'' (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. – Colombia, Peru, Ecuador *'' Vriesea duidae'' (L.B.Sm.) Gouda – Guyana, Venezuela *'' Vriesea duvaliana'' É.Morren – Bahia *'' Vriesea elata'' (Baker) L.B.Sm. – Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador *'' Vriesea eltoniana'' E.Pereira & Ivo – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea ensiformis'' (Vell.) Beer, including '' Vriesea warmingii '' – from Bahia to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea erythrodactylon'' (É.Morren) É.Morren ex Mez – from Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea exaltata'' Leme – Bahia *'' Vriesea fenestralis'' Linden & André – Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea fibrosa'' L.B.Sm. – Amazonas State in Venezuela *'' Vriesea fidelensis'' Leme – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea flammea'' L.B.Sm. – eastern and southern Brazil *'' Vriesea flava'' And.Costa, H.Luther & Wand. – from São Paulo to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea fluminensis'' E.Pereira – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea fluviatilis'' Kessous & A.F.Costa *'' Vriesea fontanae'' Fraga & Leme – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea fontourae'' B.R.Silva – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea fosteriana'' L.B.Sm. – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea fradensis'' And.Costa – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea freicanecana'' J.A.Siqueira & Leme – Pernambuco *'' Vriesea friburgensis'' Mez – Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay *'' Vriesea garlippiana'' Leme – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea gelatinosa'' R.L.Moura & A.F.Costa *'' Vriesea gigantea'' Gaudich. – from Bahia to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea gladioflammans'' E.Pereira & Reitz – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea gracilior'' (L.B.Sm.) Leme – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea graciliscapa'' W.Weber – Bahia *'' Vriesea gradata'' (Baker) Mez – southeastern Brazil *'' Vriesea grandiflora'' Leme – Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea guttata'' Linden & André – southern Brazil *'' Vriesea harmsiana'' (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Vriesea heterostachys'' (Baker) L.B.Sm. – southern Brazil *'' Vriesea hieroglyphica'' (Carrière) É.Morren – from Espírito Santo to Paraná *'' Vriesea hitchcockiana'' (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. – Ecuador, Peru *'' Vriesea hodgei'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Vriesea hoehneana'' L.B.Sm. – southern Brazil *'' Vriesea hydrophora'' Ule – southern Brazil *'' Vriesea incurva'' (Griseb.) Read – Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Bolivia *'' Vriesea incurvata'' Gaudich. – southern Brazil *'' Vriesea inflata'' (Wawra) Wawra – from Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea interrogatoria'' L.B.Sm. – from Minas Gerais to São Paulo *'' Vriesea itatiaiae'' Wawra – southern Brazil *'' Vriesea johnstonii'' (Mez) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. – Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana *'' Vriesea jonesiana'' Leme – São Paulo *'' Vriesea jonghei'' (K.Koch) É.Morren – Trinidad & Tobago, French Guiana, Brazil *'' Vriesea joyae'' E.Pereira & I.A.Penna – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea kautskyana'' E.Pereira & I.A.Penna – Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea koideae'' Rauh – Peru *''

Vriesea lancifolia ''Vriesea lancifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America a ...

'' (Baker) L.B.Sm. – Bahia *'' Vriesea languida'' L.B.Sm. – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea laxa'' Mez – Venezuela *'' Vriesea leptantha'' Harms – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea lidicensis'' Reitz – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea lilliputiana'' Leme *'' Vriesea limae'' L.B.Sm. – Pernambuco *'' Vriesea limonensis'' Rauh – Ecuador *'' Vriesea linharesiae'' Leme & J.A.Siqueira – Bahia *'' Vriesea longicaulis'' (Baker) Mez – from Bahia to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea longiscapa'' Ule – southern Brazil *'' Vriesea longisepala'' A.F.Costa – Bahia *'' Vriesea longistaminea'' C.C.Paula & Leme – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea lubbersii'' (Baker) É.Morren ex Mez – from Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea lutheriana'' J.R.Grant – Costa Rica *'' Vriesea macrostachya'' (Bello) Mez – Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Trinidad; Carabobo State in Venezuela *'' Vriesea maculosa'' Mez – Bahia *'' Vriesea magna'' F.P.Uribbe & A.F.Costa *'' Vriesea maguirei'' L.B.Sm. – Venezuela, northern Brazil *'' Vriesea marceloi'' Versieux & T.Machado – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea maxoniana'' (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. – Bolivia and Salta Province of Argentina *'' Vriesea medusa'' Versieux *'' Vriesea melgueiroi'' I.Ramírez & Carnevali *'' Vriesea menescalii'' E.Pereira & Leme – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea michaelii'' W.Weber – Brazil; probably extinct *'' Vriesea microrachis'' J.Gomes-da-Silva & A.F.Costa – Brazil *'' Vriesea mimosoensis'' D.R.Couto, Kessous & A.F.Costa *'' Vriesea minarum'' L.B.Sm. – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea minor'' (L.B.Sm.) Leme – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea minuta'' Leme – Bahia *'' Vriesea minutiflora'' Leme – Bahia *'' Vriesea mitoura'' L.B.Sm. – Amazonas State of Venezuela; Roraima *'' Vriesea modesta'' Mez – Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea mollis'' Leme – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea monacorum'' L.B.Sm. – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea morrenii'' Wawra (also spelt ''Vriesea morreni'') * ''Vriesea'' × ''morreniana'' É.Morren *'' Vriesea mourae'' Kessous, B.Neves & A.F.Costa *'' Vriesea muelleri'' Mez – from São Paulo to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea myriantha'' (Baker) Betancur (syn. '' Tillandsia myriantha'') *'' Vriesea nanuzae'' Leme – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea neoglutinosa'' Mez – from Bahia to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea noblickii'' Martinelli & Leme – Bahia *'' Vriesea nubicola'' Leme – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea oligantha'' (Baker) Mez – Bahia, Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea olmosana'' L.B.Sm. – Ecuador, Peru *'' Vriesea oxapampae'' Rauh – Pasco Province of Peru *'' Vriesea pabstii'' McWill. & L.B.Sm. – Espírito Santo, São Paulo *'' Vriesea paradoxa'' Mez – Bahia *'' Vriesea paraibica'' Wawra – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea paratiensis'' E.Pereira – from Rio de Janeiro to Paraná *'' Vriesea pardalina'' Mez – southern Brazil *'' Vriesea parviflora'' L.B.Sm. – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea parvula'' Rauh – São Paulo *'' Vriesea pastuchoffiana'' Glaz. ex Mez – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea patula'' (Mez) L.B.Sm. – Ecuador, Peru *'' Vriesea pauciflora'' Mez – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea pauperrima'' E.Pereira – eastern + southern Brazil *'' Vriesea penduliflora'' L.B.Sm. – Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea penduliscapa'' Rauh – Moreno-Santiago region of Ecuador *'' Vriesea pereirae'' L.B.Sm. – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea pereziana'' (André) L.B.Sm. – Colombia, Peru *'' Vriesea petraea'' (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. – El Oro region of Ecuador *'' Vriesea philippocoburgi'' Wawra *'' Vriesea pinottii'' Reitz – southern Brazil *'' Vriesea piscatrix'' Versieux & Wand. *'' Vriesea platynema'' Gaudich. – Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Misiones Provindce of Argentina *'' Vriesea platzmannii'' É.Morren – southern Brazil *''Vriesea pleiosticha'' (Griseb.) Gouda (synonym '' Mezobromelia pleiosticha'') – Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, northern Brazil *'' Vriesea poenulata'' (Baker) É.Morren ex Mez – Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea portentosa'' Leme *'' Vriesea procera'' (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Wittm. – Trinidad, Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina *'' Vriesea pseudoatra'' Leme – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea pseudoligantha'' Philcox – Bahia *'' Vriesea psittacina'' (Hook.) Lindl. – Brazil, Paraguay *'' Vriesea pulchra'' Leme & L.Kollmann – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea punctulata'' E.Pereira & I.A.Penna – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea racinae'' L.B.Sm. – Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea rafaelii'' Leme – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea rastrensis'' Leme – Santa Catarina in southern Brazil *'' Vriesea rectifolia'' Rauh – Pernambuco but probably extinct *'' Vriesea recurvata'' Gaudich. – Bahia *'' Vriesea regnellii'' Mez – Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea reitzii'' Leme & And.Costa – southern Brazil *'' Vriesea repandostachys'' Leme – Espírito Santo * ''Vriesea'' × ''retroflexa'' É.Morren *'' Vriesea revoluta'' B.R.Silva – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea rhodostachys'' L.B.Sm. – Bahia, Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea roberto-seidelii'' W.Weber – Bahia *'' Vriesea robusta'' (Griseb.) L.B.Sm. – Colombia, Venezuela *'' Vriesea rodigasiana'' É.Morren – from Bahia to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea roethii'' W.Weber – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea rubens'' J.Gomes-da-Silva & A.F.Costa – Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea rubra'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Beer – Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Guyana *'' Vriesea rubrobracteata'' Rauh – Colombia *'' Vriesea rubroviridis'' F.P.Uribbe & A.F.Costa *'' Vriesea rubyae'' E.Pereira – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea ruschii'' L.B.Sm. – Minas Gerais, Bahia, Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea sagasteguii'' L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Vriesea saltensis'' Leme & L.Kollmann *'' Vriesea sanctaparecidae'' Leme *'' Vriesea sanfranciscana'' Versieux & Wand. – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea santaleopoldinensis'' Leme & L.Kollmann – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea saundersii'' (Carrière) É.Morren (synonym ''Vriesea botafogensis'') – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea saxicola'' L.B.Sm. – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea sazimae'' Leme – Minas Gerais, São Paulo *'' Vriesea scalaris'' É.Morren – Venezuela, Brazil *'' Vriesea sceptrum'' Mez – from Bahia to São Paulo *'' Vriesea schultesiana'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Vriesea schunkii'' Leme – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea schwackeana'' Mez – from Bahia to São Paulo *'' Vriesea secundiflora'' Leme – Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo *'' Vriesea segadas-viannae'' L.B.Sm. – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea seideliana'' W.Weber – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea serrana'' E.Pereira & I.A.Penna – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea serranegrensis'' Leme – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea silvana'' Leme – Bahia *'' Vriesea simplex'' (Vell.) Beer – Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil *'' Vriesea simulans'' Leme – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea sincorana'' Mez – Bahia *'' Vriesea skotakii'' H.Luther & K.F.Norton – Panam *'' Vriesea socialis'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia, Venezuela *'' Vriesea sparsiflora'' L.B.Sm. – from Espírito Santo to São Paulo *'' Vriesea speckmaieri'' W.Till – Carabobo State of Venezuela *'' Vriesea stricta'' L.B.Sm. – Minas Gerais *'' Vriesea strobeliae'' Rauh – Ecuador *'' Vriesea sucrei'' L.B.Sm. & Read – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea sulcata'' L.B.Sm. – Amazonas State of Venezuela *'' Vriesea swartzii'' (Baker) Mez – Jamaica *'' Vriesea takahashiana'' Leme & W.Till *'' Vriesea taritubensis'' E.Pereira & I.A.Penna – Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo *'' Vriesea tequendamae'' (André) L.B.Sm. – Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru *'' Vriesea teresopolitana'' Leme – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea thyrsoidea'' Mez – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea tijucana'' E.Pereira – eastern Brazil *'' Vriesea tillandsioides'' L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Vriesea triangularis'' Reitz – Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea triligulata'' Mez – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea tubipetala'' Leme & R.L.Moura *'' Vriesea unilateralis'' (Baker) Mez – from Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea vagans'' (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. – eastern + southern Brazil *'' Vriesea vellozicola'' Leme & J.A.Siqueira – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea vexata'' Leme *'' Vriesea vexillata'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Vriesea vidalii'' L.B.Sm. & Handro – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea vulpinoidea'' L.B.Sm. – from São Paulo to Santa Catarina *'' Vriesea wawrana'' Antoine (also spelt ''Vriesea wawranea''; synonym ''Vriesea oleosa'') – Bahia, Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea weberi'' E.Pereira & I.A.Penna – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea wuelfinghoffii'' Rauh & E.Gross – Azuay Province in Ecuador *'' Vriesea wurdackii'' L.B.Sm. – Amazonas State of Venezuela *'' Vriesea zamorensis'' (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. – Ecuador, Peru *'' Vriesea zildae'' R.L.Moura & A.F.Costa *'' Vriesea zonata'' Leme & J.A.Siqueira – Alagoas State in eastern Brazil

Former species

Species that have been placed in ''Vriesea'' but are not accepted by Plants of the World Online include: *'' Vriesea brassicoides'' (Baker) Mez = '' Stigmatodon brassicoides'' – Rio de Janeiro *''Vriesea chontalensis'' (Baker) L.B.Sm. = '' Tillandsia chontalensis'' *'' Vriesea chrysostachys'' É.Morren = '' Goudaea chrysostachys'' – Trinidad, Colombia, Peru *'' Vriesea correia-araujoi'' E.Pereira & I.A.Penna – Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo *'' Vriesea costae'' B.R.Silva & Leme = '' Stigmatodon costae'' – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea croceana'' Leme & G.K.Br. = '' Stigmatodon croceanus'' – Rio de Janeiro *''Vriesea didistichoides'' (Mez) L.B.Sm. = '' Tillandsia didistichoides'' *'' Vriesea fontellana'' Leme & G.K.Br. = '' Stigmatodon fontellanus'' – Espírito Santo *''Vriesea fragrans'' (André) L.B.Sm. = '' Tillandsia fragrans'' *'' Vriesea funebris'' L.B.Sm. = '' Stigmatodon funebris'' – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea gastiniana'' Leme & G.K.Br. = '' Stigmatodon gastinianus'' – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea glutinosa'' Lindl. = '' Lutheria glutinosa'' – Trinidad, Venezuela *'' Vriesea goniorachis'' (Baker) Mez = '' Stigmatodon goniorachis'' – Rio de Janeiro *'' Vriesea harrylutheri'' Leme & G.K.Br. = '' Stigmatodon harrylutheri – Espírito Santo *''Vriesea heterandra'' (André) L.B.Sm. = '' Tillandsia heterandra'' *''Vriesea malzinei'' É.Morren = '' Tillandsia malzinei'' – Mexico *'' Vriesea melgueroi'' I. Ramírez & Carnevali – Amazonas State of Venezuela *'' Vriesea monstrum'' (Mez) L.B.Sm. = '' Jagrantia monstrum'' – Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua *'' Vriesea ospinae'' H.Luther = ''

Goudaea ospinae ''Goudaea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. Its native range is Trinidad, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. The genus name of ''Goudaea'' is in honour of Eric Gouda (b. 1957), Dutch botanist; specialist in Bromeliac ...

'' – Colombia *'' Vriesea plurifolia'' Leme = '' Stigmatodon plurifolius'' – Espírito Santo *'' Vriesea splendens'' (Brongn.) Lem. = '' Lutheria splendens'' – Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad & Tobago

Photo gallery

File:Vriesea amethystina - Kew gardens b.jpg, '' Vriesea amethystina'' File:Vriesea duvaliana-IMG 7101.jpg, '' Vriesea duvaliana'' File:Vriesea hieroglyphica (6225126171).jpg, '' Vriesea hieroglyphica'' File:Vriesea procera Wittm. var. rubra L. B. Sm. (5240783455).jpg, '' Vriesea procera'' File:Vriesea schwackeana HabitusInflorescence BotGardBln091006b.JPG, '' Vriesea schwackeana'' File:Bromeliaceae02.jpg, ''Vriesia'' cultivar

References

External links

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