Genus Vriesea Lindl.


Summary
Genus number:
12755
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:
Tillandsioideae
Tribe:
Vrieseeae
Accession count:

14 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
  • conserved (nom. cons., Madrid ICN Art. 14.10 & App. III) over the earlier homonym (Madrid ICN Art. 53) Vriesea Hassk., nom. rej.
  • also conserved against Hexalepis Raf., nom. rej.
  • original spelling = "Vriesia"


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References:
  1. Barfuss, M. H. J. et al. 2016. Taxonomic revision of Bromeliaceae subfam. Tillandsioideae based on a multi-locus DNA sequence phylogeny and morphology. Phytotaxa 279:1-97. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.279.1.1.
  2. Gomes-da-Silva, J. & T. T. Souza-Chies. 2018. What actually is Vriesea? A total evidence approach in a polyphyletic genus of Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae, Poales). Cladistics 34:181-199. Note: in a strict sense includes 214 species restricted to the Atlantic Forest, Brazilian Cerrado and Chacoan regions
  3. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
  4. Machado, T. M. et al. 2020. Systematics of Vriesea (Bromeliaceae): phylogenetic relationships based on nuclear gene and partial plastome sequences. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 192:656-674. Note: Goudaea is not monophyletic, Vriesea is polyphyletic
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=12755. Accessed 11 May 2026.