Vriesea sanfranciscana Versieux & Wand.

, Acta Bot. Brasil. 22(1): 71 (-74; figs. 1-2) (2008).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60455243-2
Publication
Acta Botanica Brasilica. Porto Alegre
Collation
22(1): 71 (-74; figs. 1-2)
Date of Publication
May ? 2008
Family as entered in IPNI
Bromeliaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
R. Romero, J.N. Nakajima & D.G. Simão 1717
Locality
São Roque de Minas, Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Estrada para Sacramento, Curral de Pedras, fl.
Collection Date
11 Jan 1995
Type Herbaria
holotype SP
isotype HUFU
Distribution Of Types
Minas Gerais (Brazil, Southern America)

Remarks

Etymology: the species was named after the rio São Francisco, one of the most important and threatened rivers from Brazil, which has its headwaters along the area occupied by the new species.