Species notes
About Vriesea splendens
Vriesea splendens is treated by the GBIF Backbone as a synonym of Lutheria splendens (also recorded as Flaming Sword), an accepted species in the family Bromeliaceae, within the order Poales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Venezuelan Antilles. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.
- Common name
- Flaming Sword
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Order
- Poales
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Field photographs
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