Vriesea heliconioides (Kunth) Hook. ex Walp. in Ann. Bot. (London) 3: 623. 1852 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2018
- ≡Tillandsia heliconioides Kunth, Nov. gen. sp. 1: 293. 1815 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia disticha Willd. ex Schult. & Schult. f., Syst. Veg. 7: 1226. 1830 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Platystachys disticha (Willd. ex Schult. f.) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 264. 1857 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Vriesea falkenbergii W. Bull in Gard. Chron., n. s., 13: 759. 1880 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Vriesea bellula Linden, Cat. pl. exot. 109: 7. 1883 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Guzmania obtusa Rusby in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 212. 1927 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Vriesea bullata hort. ex A. Chev. in Bull. Soc. Natl. Hort. France, ser. 5, 3: 349. 1930 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008