Vriesea platynema Gaudichaud, Atl. Voy. Bonite: pl. 66. 1843 sec. A.R. A. GORTS-VAN RUN 1987
- ≡Tillandsia platynema (Gaudichaud) Grisebach in Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Gott. "1864": 19. 1865
- =Vriesea corallina Regel in Gartenflora 19: pl. 671. 1870
- ≡Enchofirium corallinum (Regel) K. Koch in Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. "1873": 5. 1874
- =Tillandsia bicolor in Bull. Mens. Prod. Arg. 3: 332. 1890
