Vriesea ensiformis (Vell.) Beer

Taxonomic Change:

• Lectotype designated: Original parchment plate of Flora fluminensis in the Manuscript Section of the Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, published in 3rd Iconograph: Vellozo (1831: tab.129). —See Smith & Downs 1977 p. 1230
• Epitype designated: BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Pereira, Reserva Biológica do Tinguá, trilha a direita da entrada do portão da reserva, 2 February 2015, I.M. Kessous & P. Rodrigues 180 (R!). —See Kessous et al. 2018 p. 27

Literature references:

Antoine 1884: 3 Baensch & Baensch 1994: 216 Bromtravels (Web) Die Bromelie: 1987:64b FCBS (Web) Gaudichaud-Beaupré 1843: t.65 J. Bromeliad Soc.: 5:39b 28:240: 13:89b* Kessous et al. 2018: 29 Leme & Marigo 1993: 185 Mee 1992: 125 Oliva-Esteve 2000a: 272 Oliva-Esteve 2006: 298 Reitz 1983: 87 Richter 1962, 1978: 269 Siqueira & Leme 2006: 116,364

Smith & Downs 1977: 1230,1231: 1230*: 1231* Steens 2003: 151 U.S. Nat. Herb. Vellozo 1829: 3:129 Wanderley & Mollo 1992: 140 Wendt 2010: 45 Wien Herbarium, Inst Williams 2006

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