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Billbergia excellens is a synonym of:

Billbergia vittata Brongn. ex Morel

(subgen. Billbergia)

Publ: Portef. Hort. 2: 353 pl.1848 (1848)

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro.

Habitat: in the Forest Atlantic Pluvial montana and high montana (Smith & Downs 1979; Fontoura et al. 1991), rupestral fields and gallery forests of the Cerrado, to 2.000 m altitude (Versieux & Wendt 2006). In Rio de Janeiro its occurrence is restricted to the Forest Atlantic Pluvial montana and high-montana, starting from 800 m altitude., to 2000 m. Elev.

Billbergia vittata