Vriesea splendens var. formosa Suringar ex Witte in Geillustr. Weekbl. Tuinb. Nederl. 18: 361. 1889 sec. A.R. A. GORTS-VAN RUN 1987
- ≡Tillandsia splendens var. formosa Suringar nom. nud. ex Witte in Geillustr. Weekbl. Tuinb. Nederl. 18: 361. 1889
- =Vriesea splendens subsp. major Duval Hortus in Revue Hort. 69: 307. 1897
- =Vriesea splendens subsp. wardelii Hortus in Revue Hort. 70: 246. 1898