Vriesea tillandsioides L.B.Sm.[as Vriesea tillandsioides (L B Smith) Grant,]

Diagnose: —A V. harmsiana (L. B. Smith) L. B. Smith, cui valde affinis, spicis paucifloris fere omnino occultis, bracteis florigeris den¬se lepidotis tenuibus ad apicem nervatis, sepalis minoribus differt.

Edited from : Smith & Downs 1979. (protologue) Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae) in Flora Neotropica.