Novelties in “ incertae sedis ” Vriesea (Bromeliaceae: Tillandsioideae): Redescriptions, new combinations and nomenclatural revision Author Kessous, Igor M. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Botânica), Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, CEP 20940 - 040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Author Costa, Andrea F. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940 - 040, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-02-27 585 2 71 101 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.585.2.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.585.2.1 1179-3163 7681555 3.11 Vriesea wurdackii Smith (1968: 83) . Type : — VENEZUELA . Amazonas : terrestrial, locally frequent in scrub forest on granite dome on right bank of Rio Siapa just below Raudal Gallineta (about 110 river km from mouth), 600–700 m alt., 21 August 1959 , Wurdack & Adderley 43569 ( holotype US!, isotype NY!) Description:—Plant terrestrial or epilithic, flowering 80−130 cm high. Leaves forming an infundibuliform rosette; sheath 8−10 × 4.5 cm , lepidote on both surfaces, denser toward the base; blade linear-oblong, triangular attenuate toward the apex, apex acute-acuminate, ca. 80 × 3.2–4.5 cm , lepidote on both surfaces, denser on the abaxial surface. Inflorescence simple, 6–25 flowered, ca. 120 cm long, lax, erect; peduncle erect, 50–65 cm long and 6.5–9 mm in diameter, glabrous; peduncle bracts erect, slightly to more densely imbricate, apex acuminate-caudate, 50–90 mm long, lepidote, denser on the abaxial surface; rachis sinuous, ca. 50 cm long, 4–5 mm in diameter, glabrous, with 1–2 sterile bracts at the apex. Floral bracts ovate, acute, 40–55 × 23–25 mm , ecarinate, chartaceous, brittle (soon decaying), slightly exceeded by the sepals, lepidote on both surfaces, denser in the adaxial surface. Flowers secund, 15–25 mm apart, distichous, suberect; sepals oblong, narrowly sub-elliptic, obtuse, ca. 30 × 10 mm , free, carinate at the apex, symmetric, glabrous; petals unknown. Fruits cylindric-fusiform, suberect to erect, ca. 35 mm long; seeds including coma ca. 12 mm , apical coma ca. 0.1 mm or absent, basal coma ca. 9 mm . Distribution: —This species occurs only in the state of Amazonas , Venezuela , at 350–700 m above sea level. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes: —Although this taxon has some characteristics of Werauhia (such as the short apical coma of the seeds and secund flowers), no other trait indicates a placement in this genus. We were unable to observe diagnostic characters such as details of the petals, gynoecium, and androecium. Etymology: —The specific epithet “ wurdackii ” refers to the collector of the type , John Wurdack (1921–1998). Representative Specimen Examined: — VENEZUELA . Amazonas : Atabapo , Salto Yureba , Cerro Yureba , lower Ventuari. Hard , igneous rock banks of river and waterfall, patches of soil along river, and adjacent forest, 4°03’N 66°01’W , 350 m elev., past fl., 15–16 Mar. 1985 , Liesner 18728 (US).