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Vriesea rubens Gomes-da-Silva and A.F.Costa

Publ: Systematic Botany 36(2): 291-309 (2011)

Type: BRAZIL. Santa Catarina, Orleans, 9 Dec 2009, Schmitt et al. 764 (holotype: FURB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Santa Catarina

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the red color of bracts, from the latin “rubens” = red ( Rizzini 1978 ).

Phenology: Flowers in December.

Vriesea rubens