Kingdom/Regno: Plantae (Plants/Piante)
Subkingdom/Sottoregno: Tracheobionta (Vascular plants/Piante vascolari)
Superdivision/Superdivisione: Spermatophyta (Seed plants/Piante con semi)
Division/Divisione: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants/Piante con fiori)
Class/Classe: Liliopsida (Monocotyledons/Monocotiledoni)
Subclass/Sottoclasse: Zingiberidae
Order/Ordine: Bromeliales
Family/Famiglia: Bromeliaceae
Genus/Genere: Vriesea Lindl.

Species/Specie:
1) Vriesea barilletii E. Morren [Belgique Hort. 33:33, t. 3. 1883]
2) Vriesea carinata Wawra [Oesterr. Bot. Z. 12:349. 1862] Lobster-claws
3) Vriesea duvaliana E. Morren [Belgique Hort. 36:105, t. 7-8. 1884]
4) Vriesea ensiformis (Vell.) Beer [Fam. Bromel. 92. 1857] (= Tillandsia ensiformis Vell.)
5) Vriesea fenestralis Linden & Andre [Ill. Hort. 22:124, t. 215. 1875]
6) Vriesea fulgida Duval [Ill. Hort. 60:87, t. 67. 1888]
7) Vriesea gigantea Gaudich. [Voy. Bonite, Bot. 8: t. 70 (Atlas). 1846] (= Tillandsia tessellata Linden) (= Vriesea tessellata (Linden) E. Morren)
8) Vriesea hieroglyphica (Carriere) E. Morren [Ill. Hort. 31:41, t. 514. 1884] (= Massangea hieroglyphica Carriere) Bromeliad-king
9) Vriesea incurvata Gaudich. [Voy. Bonite, Bot. (Atlas) 8: t. 68.1843]
10) Vriesea platynema Gaudich. [Voy. Bonite, Bot. (Atlas) 8: t. 66.1843]
11) Vriesea psittacina (Hook.) Lindl. [Edward's Bot. Reg. 29: t. 10. 1843] (= Tillandsia psittacina Hook.)
12) Vriesea regina (Vell.) Beer [Fam. Bromel. 97. 1856] (= Tillandsia regina Vell.)
13) Vriesea rex Duval [Rev. Hort. Belge Etrangère 20:217. 1894 (Rev. Hort. 79:570. 1907)]
14) Vriesea rodigasiana E. Morren [Ill. Hort. 29:171, t. 467. 1882]
15) Vriesea saundersii (Carriere) E. Morren ex Mez [C. F. P. Martius, Fl. bras. 3(3):540. 1894] (= Encholirium saundersii Carriere)
16) Vriesea splendens (Brongn.) Lem. [Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6(misc.):162. 1850] (= Tillandsia splendens Brongn.) Flaming-sword
17) Vriesea tessellata (Linden) E. Morren [Belgique Hort. 32:381, t. 14-16. 1882] (= Tillandsia tessellata Linden) (= Vriesea gigantea Gaudich.)