Brazilian plants urgently needing conservation: the case of Vriesea minarum (Bromeliaceae) Author Versieux, Leonardo M. Departamento de Botânica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59078 - 900, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. E-mail: lversieux @ yahoo. com. br text Phytotaxa 2011 2011-09-14 28 35 49 http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.28.1.5 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.28.1.5 1179-3163 4894260

TABLE 1. Taxonomic history of Vriesea minarum L.B. Sm.

Smith & Downs	Placed V. citrina and V. minarum as synonyms of V. atropurpurea.
(1977)
Weber (1986)	Described Vriesea ouroensis (Fig. 1).
Leme (1999)	Revised the synonymy of V. atropurpurea proposed by Smith & Downs (1977) and re-
establishes Vriesea citrina (= V. minarum) as an independent species.