Tillandsia tricolor Schltdl. & Cham. in Linnaea 6: 54. 1831 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2018
- =Vriesea xiphostachys Hook. in Bot. Mag. 87: t. 5287. 1861 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Platystachys complanata E. Morren, Belgique Hort. 22: 300. 1872 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Vriesea botteri hort. ex Regel in Gartenflora 33: 293. 1884 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia acroleuca Mez & Purpus in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 72-73. 1919 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia melanocrater L.B. Sm. in Contr. Gray Herb. 117: 31–32, t. 2, f. 34. 1937 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013