Genus: Vriesea Life
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About 195 species closely related to
Tillandsia and Guzmania and native
to Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. Twenty-two
species are cultivated in southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Vriesea carinata
Native to Brazil. |
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Vriesea cereicola
Native to Peru. |
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Vriesea didistichoides
Native from Mexico to Venezuela. |
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Vriesea fosteriana |
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Vriesea gigantea
Native to Brazil. |
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Vriesea glutinosa
Native to Trinidad. |
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Vriesea harmsiana
Native to Peru. |
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Vriesea heliconioides
Native from Mexico to Brazil. |
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Vriesea heterostachys
Native to Brazil. |
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Vriesea incurvata
Native to Brazil. |
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Vriesea inflata
Native to Brazil. |
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Vriesea jonghei
Native from Trinidad to Brazil. |
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Vriesea lubbersii
Native to Brazil. |
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Vriesea platynema |
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Vriesea poenulata
Native to Brazil. |
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Vriesea psittacina
Native to Brazil and Paraguay. |
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Vriesea racinae
Native to Brazil. |
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Vriesea robusta
Native to Colombia and Venezuela. |
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Vriesea saundersii
Native to Brazil. |
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Vriesea scalaris
Native to Venezuela and Brazil. |
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Vriesea tequendamae
Native from Venezuela to Peru. |
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Vriesea unilateralis
Native to Brazil. |
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