⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-50073097, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Vriesea platynema var. platynema .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 50073097
) with original publication details: Ill. Hort. "1873" (App. 4): 5 5 1871.