Vriesea Lindl.

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Vriesea is a genus of the subfamily Tillandsioideae, family Bromeliaceae.
The name is for Willem Hendrik de Vriese, Dutch botanist and physician (1806-1862). Its species are widespread over Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies, where they mainly grow as ephiphytes, but also sometimes terrestrially and saxicolously on or among rocks, cliffs and bluffs.
There are 223 recognised species in this genera. (source: Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads)

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Updated 28/10/22

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