Lutheria splendens

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Tillandsioideae
Tribus: Vrieseeae
Genus: Lutheria
Species: Lutheria splendens
Name

Lutheria splendens (Brongn.) Barfuss & W.Till, Phytotaxa 279: 53. (2016)
Synonyms

Basionym
Tillandsia splendens Brongn., Hort. Universel 6: 199. (1845)
Homotypic
Vriesea splendens (Brongn.) Lem., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 162. (1851)
Werauhia splendens (Brongn.) Christenh. & Byng, Global Fl. 4: 69. (2018)
Heterotypic
Vriesea speciosa Hook., Bot. Mag. 74: t. 4382 (1848).
Tillandsia speciosa (Hook.) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 4: 45 (1887).
Tillandsia longibracteata Baker, J. Bot. 26: 81 (1888), nom. illeg.
Tillandsia appuniana Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 213 (1889).
Tillandsia picta Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 215 (1889).
Vriesea splendens var. formosa Suringar ex Witte, Sempervirens 18: 361 (1889).
Vriesea splendens minor Duval ex Wittm., Gartenflora 42: 307 (1893).
Vriesea longibracteata (Baker) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 568 (1896).
Vriesea splendens var. major Anon., Rev. Hort. (Paris) 69: 307 (1897).
Vriesea splendens var. wardelii Anon., Rev. Hort. (Paris) 70: 246 (1898).
Vriesea splendens var. longibracteata (Baker) L.B.Sm., Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 126(1): 36 (1955).
Vriesea splendens var. striatifolia M.B.Foster, Bull. Bromeliad Soc. 5: 92 (1955).
Vriesea splendens var. oinochroma Steyerm., Bull. Bromeliad Soc. 17: 53 (1966).
Vriesea splendens var. chlorostachya Oliva-Esteve, J. Bromeliad Soc. 56: 199 (2006).
Lutheria splendens var. chlorostachya (Oliva-Esteve) Barfuss & W.Till, Phytotaxa 279: 53 (2016).
Lutheria splendens var. formosa (Suringar ex Witte) Barfuss & W.Till, Phytotaxa 279: 53 (2016).
Lutheria splendens var. oinochroma (Steyerm.) Barfuss & W.Till, Phytotaxa 279: 53 (2016).
Lutheria splendens var. striatifolia (M.B.Foster) Barfuss & W.Till, Phytotaxa 279: 53 (2016)

References

Barfuss, M.H.J., Till, W., Leme, E.M.C., Pinzón, J.P., Manzanares, J.M., Halbritter, H., Samuel, M.R. & Brown, G.K. 2016. Taxonomic revision of Bromeliaceae subfam. Tillandsioideae based on a multi-locus DNA sequence phylogeny and morphology. Phytotaxa 279(1): 1–97. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.279.1.1 Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lutheria splendens in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 July 1. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lutheria splendens. Published online. Accessed: July 1 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Lutheria splendens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 July 1.

Vriesea splendens, or flaming sword, is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae. Native to Trinidad, eastern Venezuela and the Guianas[1][2][3][4] these plants were introduced to Europe in 1840. This species of Vriesea features smooth-margined foliage with brown bands growing in a rosette, usually producing a bright red inflorescence in a flattened spike. It is a recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5]

It is sometimes considered a synonym of Lutheria splendens.[6]

The Bromeliad Cultivar Register lists a number of cultivars of V. splendens.[7]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part II. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(2): 663–1492
" Vriesea splendens". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
"Vrisea splendens". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
"Bromeliad Cultivar Register". registry.bsi.org. Bromeliad Society International. Retrieved 4 December 2018.