Vriesea

Vriesea is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae. The genus name is for Willem Hendrik de Vriese, Dutch botanist, physician (1806–1862).[2] Its species are widespread over Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.[1]

Vriesea
Vriesea duvaliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Tillandsioideae
Genus:	Vriesea Lindl.
Synonyms[1]
Hexalepis Raf. Vrieseida Rojas Acosta Neovriesia Britton

Containing some of the largest bromeliad species, these tropical plants harbor a wide variety of insect 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. Both Guzmania and Vriesea have dry capsules that split open to release parachute like seeds similar to the Dandelion (Taraxacum sp.). Most Vriesea are epiphytes 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

• Vriesea acuminata Mez & Wercklé - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea agostiniana E. Pereira - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea alta (Baker) E. Morren ex Mez - Panama
• Vriesea altimontana E. Pereira & Martinelli - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea altodaserrae L.B. Smith - from Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea altomacaensis A. Costa - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea altomayoensis H.Luther & K.F.Norton - Peru
• Vriesea amadoi Leme - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea amazonica (Baker) Mez - Trinidad, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil
• Vriesea amethystina E. Morren - Espírito Santo + Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea ampla L.B.Sm. - Costa Rica
• Vriesea andaraiensis Leme - Bahia
• Vriesea andreettae Rauh - Azuay Province of Ecuador
• Vriesea antillana L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Lesser Antilles
• Vriesea apiculata L.B.Sm. - Costa Rica
• Vriesea appariciana E. Pereira & Reitz - Espírito Santo
• 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. Smith - Ecuador
• Vriesea atra Mez - from Bahia to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea atrococcinea Rauh - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea atropurpurea A. Silveira - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea attenuata L.B.Sm. & Pittendr - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea bahiana Leme - Bahia
• Vriesea balanophora (Mez) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Costa Rica, Honduras
• Vriesea barbosae J.A. Siqueira & Leme - Pernambuco
• Vriesea barii J.F.Morales - Costa Rica
• Vriesea barilletii E. Morren - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea belloi Leme - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea bi-beatricis Morillo - Venezuela
• Vriesea bicolor L.B.Sm. - Costa Rica
• Vriesea biguassuensis Reitz - Santa Catarina in southern Brazil
• Vriesea billbergioides E. Morren ex Mez - São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea bituminosa Wawra - Venezuela, eastern Brazil
• Vriesea blackburniana Leme - Bahia
• Vriesea bleheri Röth & W. Weber - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea boeghii H. Luther - Loja Province of Ecuador
• Vriesea botafogensis
• Vriesea bracteosa (Mez & Wercklé) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
• Vriesea brasiliana L.B.Sm. - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea brassicoides (Baker) Mez - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea breviscapa (E. Pereira & I.A. Penna) Leme - Bahia, Espírito Santo
• Vriesea broadwayi L.B.Sm. - Trinidad & Tobago
• Vriesea brunei Mez & Wercklé. - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea brusquensis Reitz - from São Paulo to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea burgeri L.B.Sm. - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea burle-marxii Leme - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea cacuminis L.B. Smith - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea calimaniana Leme & W. Till - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea camptoclada Mez & Wercklé - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea capitata (Mez & Wercklé) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea capixabae Leme - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea carinata Wawra - eastern + southern Brazil
• Vriesea castaneobulbosa (Mez & Wercklé) J.R. Grant - Costa Rica
• Vriesea cathcartii H. Luther - Ecuador
• Vriesea cearensis L.B. Smith - Ceará
• Vriesea cereicola (Mez) L.B. Smith - Peru
• Vriesea chapadensis Leme - Bahia
• Vriesea chontalensis
• Vriesea chrysostachys E. Morren - Trinidad, Colombia, Peru
• 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 comata (Mez & Wercklé) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea confusa L.B.Sm - Nariño region of Colombia
• Vriesea corcovadensis (Britten) Mez - from Bahia to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea correia-araujoi E. Pereira & I.A. Penna - Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
• Vriesea costae B.R. Silva & Leme - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea cowellii (Mez & Britton) L.B.Sm. - St. Kitts, Venezuela
• Vriesea crassa Mez - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea croceana Leme & G. Brown - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea curvispica Rauh - Peru
• Vriesea cylindrica L.B. Smith - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
• Vriesea debilis Leme - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea declinata Leme - Santa Catarina in southern Brazil
• Vriesea delicatula L.B. Smith - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea densiflora Mez - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea diamantinensis Leme - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea diantha H.E.Luther - Carchi Province in Ecuador
• Vriesea dictyographa Leme - Bahia
• Vriesea didistichoides
• Vriesea diffusa L.B.Sm. & Pittendr - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea dissitiflora (C. Wright) Mez - Cuba
• Vriesea dodsonii L.B.Sm. - Costa Rica
• Vriesea drepanocarpa (Baker) Mez - from Bahia to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea dressleri Rauh - Panama
• Vriesea drewii L.B. Smith - Ecuador
• Vriesea duarteana L.B.Sm - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea dubia (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith - Colombia, Peru, Ecuador
• Vriesea duidae (L.B. Smith) Gouda - Guyana, Venezuela
• Vriesea duvaliana E. Morren - Bahia
• Vriesea elata (Baker) L.B. Smith - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
• Vriesea eltoniana E. Pereira & Ivo - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea ensiformis (Vellozo) Beer - from Bahia to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea erythrodactylon (E. Morren) E. Morren ex Mez - from Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea euclidiana Leme & G.K.Br. - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea exaltata Leme - Bahia
• Vriesea extensa L.B.Sm. - southeastern Brazil
• Vriesea fabioi Leme - Bahia
• Vriesea farneyi Martinelli & And.Costa - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea fenestralis Linden & André - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea fibrosa L.B. Smith - Amazonas State in Venezuela
• Vriesea fidelensis Leme - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea flammea L.B. Smith - eastern and southern Brazil
• Vriesea flava A.F. Costa, H. Luther & M.G.L. Wanderley - from São Paulo to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea fluminensis E. Pereira - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea fontanae Fraga & Leme - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea fontellana Leme & G. Brown - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea fontourae B.R. Silva - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea fosteriana L.B. Smith - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea fragrans
• Vriesea fradensis A. Costa - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea freicanecana J.A. Siqueira & Leme - Pernambuco
• Vriesea friburgensis Mez - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay
• Vriesea funebris L.B. Smith - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea garlippiana Leme - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea gastiniana Leme & G. Brown - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea geniculata (Wawra) Wawra - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea gibba L.B.Sm. - Jamaica
• Vriesea gigantea Gaudichaud - from Bahia to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea gladioflammans E.Pereira & Reitz - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea gladioliflora (H.Wendl.) Antoine - southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America
• Vriesea glutinosa Lindley - Trinidad, Venezuela
• Vriesea goniorachis (Baker) Mez - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea gracilior (L.B. Smith) Leme - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea graciliscapa W. Weber - Bahia
• Vriesea gradata (Baker) Mez - southeastern Brazil
• Vriesea graminifolia Mez & Wercklé - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
• Vriesea grandiflora Leme - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea guadelupensis (Baker) Mez - Lesser Antilles
• Vriesea guttata Linden & André - southern Brazil
• Vriesea haberi J.F.Morales - Costa Rica
• Vriesea hainesiorum L.B.Sm. - Costa Rica
• Vriesea haltonii H.E.Luther - Napo region of Ecuador
• Vriesea haplostachya (C.Wright) L.B.Sm. - Cuba
• Vriesea harmsiana (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith - Peru
• Vriesea harrylutheri Leme & G. Brown - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea hatschbachii L.B.Sm. & Read - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea heliconioides Kunth - southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America
• Vriesea heterandra
• Vriesea heterostachys (Baker) L.B. Smith - southern Brazil
• Vriesea hieroglyphica (Carrière) E. Morren - from Espírito Santo to Paraná
• Vriesea hitchcockiana (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith - Ecuador, Peru
• Vriesea hodgei L.B. Smith - Colombia
• Vriesea hoehneana L.B. Smith - southern Brazil
• Vriesea hydrophora Ule- southern Brazil
• Vriesea hygrometrica (André) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Central America, Oaxaca, Colombia, Ecuador
• Vriesea imperialis Carrière - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea incurva (Grisebach) R.W. Read - Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Bolivia
• Vriesea incurvata Gaudichaud - southern Brazil
• Vriesea inflata (Wawra) Wawra - from Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea interrogatoria L.B. Smith - 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) E. Morren - Trinidad & Tobago, French Guiana, Brazil
• Vriesea joyae E. Pereira & I.A. Penna - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea kathyae Utley - Panama, Costa Rica
• Vriesea kautskyana E. Pereira & I.A. Penna - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea kentii H.Luther & K.F.Norton - Peru
• Vriesea koideae Rauh - Peru
• Vriesea kupperiana Suess - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
• Vriesea lancifolia (Baker) L.B. Smith - Bahia
• Vriesea languida L.B. Smith - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea latissima (Mez & Wercklé) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Panama, Costa Rica
• Vriesea laxa Mez - Venezuela
• Vriesea leptantha Harms - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea leptopoda L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras
• Vriesea leucophylla L.B.Sm. - Panama, Costa Rica
• Vriesea lidicensis Reitz - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea limae L.B. Smith - 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 Paula & Leme - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea lubbersii (Baker) E. Morren - from Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea luis-gomezii Utley - Costa Rica
• Vriesea lutheriana J.R. Grant - Costa Rica
• Vriesea lyman-smithii Utley - Costa Rica
• Vriesea macrantha Mez & Wercklé - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea macrochlamys Mez & Wercklé - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea macrostachya (Bello) Mez - Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Trinidad; Carabobo State in Venezuela
• Vriesea maculosa Mez - Bahia
• Vriesea maguirei L.B. Smith - Venezuela, northern Brazil
• Vriesea malzinei E. Morren - Mexico
• Vriesea marceloi Versieux & T.Machado - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea marnier-lapostollei L.B.Sm. - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea maxoniana (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith - Bolivia and Salta Province of Argentina
• Vriesea medusa Versieux - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea melgueroi I. Ramírez & Carnevali - Amazonas State of Venezuela
• 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 minarum L.B. Smith - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea minor (L.B. Smith) Leme - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea minuta Leme - Bahia
• Vriesea minutiflora Leme - Bahia
• Vriesea mitoura L.B. Smith - Amazonas State of Venezuela; Roraima
• Vriesea modesta Mez - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea mollis Leme - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea monacorum L.B. Smith - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea monstrum (Mez) L.B. Smith - Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua
• Vriesea montana (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador
• Vriesea morrenii Wawra - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea × morreniana hortus ex E. Morren - southern Brazil (V. carinata × V. psittacina)
• Vriesea muelleri Mez - from São Paulo to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea multifoliata Leme & G.K.Br - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea nahoumii Leme - Bahia
• 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 nutans L.B.Sm. - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Costa Rica
• Vriesea ochracea Rauh & E.Gross - Pasco Province of Peru
• Vriesea odorata Leme - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea oleosa Leme - Bahia
• Vriesea oligantha (Baker) Mez - Bahia, Minas Gerais
• Vriesea olmosana L.B. Smith - Ecuador, Peru
• Vriesea orjuelae L.B.Sm. - Colombia
• Vriesea ororiensis (Mez) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Panama, Costa Rica
• Vriesea osaensis J.F.Morales - Costa Rica
• Vriesea ospinae H. Luther - Colombia
• Vriesea oxapampae Rauh - Pasco Province of Peru
• Vriesea pabstii McWilliams & L.B. Smith - Espírito Santo, São Paulo
• Vriesea panamaensis E.Gross & Rauh - Panama
• 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. Smith - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea parvula Rauh - São Paulo
• Vriesea pastuchoffiana Glaziou ex Mez - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea patula (Mez) L.B. Smith - Ecuador, Peru
• Vriesea patzeltii Rauh - Ecuador
• Vriesea pauciflora Mez - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea paupera (Mez & Sodiro) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr - Ecuador
• Vriesea pauperrima E. Pereira - eastern + southern Brazil
• Vriesea pectinata L.B.Sm - Guatemala, Honduras, Chiapas, Veracruz
• Vriesea pedicellata (Mez & Wercklé) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua
• Vriesea penduliflora L.B. Smith - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea penduliscapa Rauh - Moreno-Santiago region of Ecuador
• Vriesea pereirae L.B. Smith - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea pereziana (André) L.B. Smith - Colombia, Peru
• Vriesea petraea (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith - El Oro region of Ecuador
• Vriesea philippo-coburgii Wawra - from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul
• Vriesea picta (Mez & Wercklé) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea pinottii Reitz - southern Brazil
• Vriesea platynema Gaudichaud - Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Misiones Provindce of Argentina
• Vriesea platzmannii E.Morren - southern Brazil
• Vriesea pleiosticha (Griseb.) Gouda - Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, northern Brazil
• Vriesea plurifolia Leme - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea poenulata (Baker) E. Morren ex Mez - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea procera (Martius ex Schultes f.) Wittmack - Trinidad, Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
• Vriesea proctorii (Cedeño-Mald.) Acev.-Rodr. - Puerto Rico
• Vriesea pseudoatra Leme - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea pseudoligantha Philcox - Bahia
• Vriesea psittacina (Hooker) Lindley - Brazil, Paraguay
• Vriesea pulchra Leme & L.Kollmann - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea punctulata E. Pereira & I.A. Penna - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea pycnantha L.B.Sm. - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala
• Vriesea racinae L.B. Smith - 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 Gaudichaud - Bahia
• Vriesea regina (Vell.) Beer - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
• Vriesea regnellii Mez - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea reitzii Leme & A. Costa - southern Brazil
• Vriesea repandostachys Leme - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea × retroflexa E. Morren - southern Brazil (V. psittacina × V. scalaris)
• Vriesea revoluta B.R. Silva - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea rhodostachys L.B. Smith - Bahia, Espírito Santo
• Vriesea ringens (Griseb.) Harms - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador
• Vriesea roberto-seidelii W. Weber - Bahia
• Vriesea robusta (Grisebach) L.B. Smith - Colombia, Venezuela
• Vriesea rodigasiana E. Morren - from Bahia to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea roethii W. Weber - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea rosulatula Leme - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea rubens J.Gomes-da-Silva & A.F.Costa - Santa Catarina
• Vriesea rubra (Ruiz & Pavón) Beer - Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Guyana
• Vriesea rubrobracteata Rauh - Colombia
• Vriesea rubyae E. Pereira - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea rugosa Mez & Wercklé - Costa Rica
• Vriesea ruschii L.B. Smith - Minas Gerais, Bahia, Espírito Santo
• Vriesea sagasteguii L.B. Smith - Peru
• Vriesea sanctateresensis Leme & L.Kollmann - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea sandrae Leme - Bahia
• Vriesea sanfranciscana Versieux & Wanderley - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea sanguinolenta Cogn. & Marchal - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
• Vriesea santaleopoldinensis Leme & L.Kollmann - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea saundersii (Carrière) E. Morren ex Mez - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea saxicola L.B. Smith - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea sazimae Leme - Minas Gerais, São Paulo
• Vriesea scalaris E. Morren - Venezuela, Brazil
• Vriesea sceptrum Mez - from Bahia to São Paulo
• Vriesea schultesiana L.B. Smith - 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. Smith - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea seideliana W. Weber - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea serrana E. Pereira & I.A. Penna - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea serranegrensis Leme - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea silva-petrea E. Pereira & Reitz - Brazil but probably extinct
• Vriesea silvana Leme - Bahia
• Vriesea simplex (Vellozo) Beer - Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
• Vriesea simulans Leme - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea sincorana Mez - Bahia
• Vriesea singuliflora (Mez & Wercklé) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Costa Rica
• Vriesea sintenisii (Baker) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
• Vriesea skotakii H.Luther & K.F.Norton - Panam
• Vriesea socialis L.B. Smith - Colombia, Venezuela
• Vriesea soderstromii L.B. Smith - Guyana
• Vriesea sparsiflora L.B. Smith - from Espírito Santo to São Paulo
• Vriesea speckmaieri W.Till - Carabobo State of Venezuela
• Vriesea splendens (Brongniart) Lemaire - Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad & Tobago
• Vriesea stenophylla (Mez & Wercklé) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Panama, Costa Rica
• Vriesea stricta L.B. Smith - Minas Gerais
• Vriesea strobeliae Rauh - Ecuador
• Vriesea subandina (Ule) L.B. Smith & Pittendrigh - Peru
• Vriesea subsecunda Wittm - Panama, Costa Rica
• Vriesea sucrei L.B. Smith & R.W. Read - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea sulcata L.B. Smith - Amazonas State of Venezuela
• Vriesea swartzii (Baker) Mez - Jamaica
• Vriesea taritubensis E. Pereira & I.A. Penna - Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo
• Vriesea tarmaensis Rauh - Junín Province in Peru
• Vriesea tequendamae (André) L.B. Smith - 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. Smith - Peru
• Vriesea tiquirensis J.F.Morales - Costa Rica
• Vriesea tonduziana L.B.Sm. - Costa Rica
• Vriesea triangularis Reitz - Santa Catarina
• Vriesea triflora L.B.Sm. & Pittendr - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea triligulata Mez - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea tuerckheimii (Mez) L.B. Smith - Hispaniola
• Vriesea umbrosa L.B.Sm. - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea unilateralis (Baker) Mez - from Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea uxoris Utley - Costa Rica
• Vriesea vagans (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith - eastern + southern Brazil
• Vriesea vanhyningii L.B.Sm - Mexico
• Vriesea vellozicola Leme & J.A. Siqueira - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea verrucosa L.B.Sm. - Nariño region of Colombia
• Vriesea vexillata L.B. Smith - Colombia
• Vriesea vidalii L.B. Smith & Handro - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea vietoris Utley - Costa Rica
• Vriesea vinicolor E.Pereira & Reitz - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea viridiflora (Regel) Wittm. ex Mez - Chiapas, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador
• Vriesea viridis (Mez & Wercklé) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea vittata (Mez & Wercklé) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr. - Ecuador, Central America
• Vriesea vulcanicola J.F.Morales - Costa Rica
• Vriesea vulpinoidea L.B. Smith - from São Paulo to Santa Catarina
• Vriesea wawranea Antoine - Rio de Janeiro
• Vriesea weberi E. Pereira & I.A. Penna - Espírito Santo
• Vriesea werckleana Mez - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Central America
• Vriesea williamsii L.B.Sm. - Costa Rica, Panama
• Vriesea woodsoniana L.B.Sm. - Panama
• Vriesea wuelfinghoffii Rauh & E. Gross - Azuay Province in Ecuador
• Vriesea wurdackii L.B. Smith - Amazonas State of Venezuela
• Vriesea zamorensis (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith - Ecuador, Peru
• Vriesea zonata Leme & J.A. Siqueira - Alagoas State in eastern Brazil

Photo gallery

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  Vriesea schwackeana
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  Vriesea heliconioides, Suriname
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  Vriesia cultivar

External links

• BSI Genera Gallery Vriesea photos

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Bromeliad Society International - Genera Etymology