Encyclopedia of Bromeliads

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Vriesea platynema Gaudich.

Publ: Voy. Bonite, Bot. t.66 (1843)

Type: Type: Brazil, Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro, Gaudichaud s. n. (holotype P, GH photo).

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Distribution: WEST INDIES to ARGENTINA;

Habitat: Epiphytic in forest,, 90-1000 m. Elev.

Vriesea platynema

var. flava Reitz
var. libonii Mez
var. platynema
var. rosea (hort. ex Antoine) Mez
var. striata (Wittm.) Wittm.
var. variegata (Guillon) Reitz
var. wrightii (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm.