Vriesea heliconioides

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Vriesea heliconioides (Kunth) Hook. ex Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 623 (1852).

Basionym
- Tillandsia heliconioides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 293 (1816).
Heterotypic
- Vriesea falkenbergii W.Bull, Gard. Chron., n.s., 13: 759 (1880).
- Vriesea bellula Linden, Cat. Gén. 109: 7 (1883).
- Guzmania obtusa Rusby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 212 (1927).
- Vriesea bullata C.Chev., Bull. Soc. Natl. Hort. France, sér. 5, 3: 349 (1930).
- Vriesea heliconioides var. polysticha L.B.Sm., Phytologia 8: 222 (1962)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- - Belize; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil West-Central; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panam; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Vriesea heliconioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Vriesea heliconioides. Published online. Accessed: Jul 09 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Vriesea heliconioides in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul 09.
Tropicos.org 2019. Vriesea heliconioides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Jul 2019.

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