Tillandsia flexuosa Swartz in Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 56. 1788 sec. A.R. A. GORTS-VAN RUN 1987
- ≡Vriesea tenuifolia Beer, Bromel.: 96. 1857
- =Tillandsiaflexuosa swartz Pfasciata Lindley, Bot. Reg. 9: sub pl. 749. 1823
- =Tillandsia aloifolia Hooker in Exot. Fl. 3: pl. 205. 1827
- ≡Vriesea aloifolia (Hooker) Beer, Bromel.: 95. 1857