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Vriesea fibrosa is a synonym of:

Werauhia fibrosa (L.B.Sm.) Kessous & A.F.Costa

Publ: Phytotaxa 585(2): 94 (fig. 8) (2023)

Type: VENEZUELA. Amazonas: Cerro Sipapo (Paraque), frequent along open banks of lower Cano Negro, 25 December 1948, Maguire & Politi 27912 (lectotype US, isolectotype NY)

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Distribution: VENEZUELA: Amazonas

Habitat: terrestrially on sand, ca. 1400 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet “fibrosa” refers to the fibers at the base of the rosette (the remains of the veins of the decayed leaf sheath)

Werauhia fibrosa