| Vriesea splendens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Genus: | Vriesea |
| Species: | V. splendens |
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| Vriesea splendens (Brongn.) Lem. | |
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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 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.
It is sometimes considered a synonym of Lutheria splendens.
The Bromeliad Cultivar Register lists a number of cultivars of V. splendens.
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.
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