Biology:Vriesea elata

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Short description: Species of plant

Vriesea elata
Photograph of the plant showing thick leaves spreading out around the base of the central stem that has red flowers
Vriesea elata in El Dorado, Santa Marta, Colombia.

Source: (c) Dick Culbert 2014, CC-BY

Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Vriesea
Species:
V. elata
Binomial name
Vriesea elata
(Baker) L.B.Sm.[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Tillandsia elata Baker
  • Tillandsia exaltata Mez

Vriesea elata is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family.[1] It is an epiphyte native to Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.[3][4][5][6]

Cultivars

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Vriesea elata (Baker) L.B.Sm.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:266612-2. 
  2. "Vriesea elata (Baker) L.B.Sm.". The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d.. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000601923. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism retrieved 3 November 2009
  5. Catalogue of Vascular Plants of Ecuador Retrieved 12 October 2009
  6. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  7. BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009

Wikidata ☰ Q10833018 entry