Vriesea elata

{{short description|Species of plant}}

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|image = Vriesea_elata_(14112644830).jpg

|genus = Vriesea

|species = elata

|image_alt = Photograph of the plant showing thick leaves spreading out around the base of the central stem that has red flowers

|image_caption = Vriesea elata in El Dorado, Santa Marta, Colombia.

Source: (c) Dick Culbert 2014, CC-BY

|authority = (Baker) L.B.Sm.{{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:266612-2|title= Vriesea elata (Baker) L.B.Sm.|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=July 23, 2020}}{{cite web|url= http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000601923|title= Vriesea elata (Baker) L.B.Sm.|author=|date=n.d.|website=World Flora Online|publisher=The World Flora Online Consortium|access-date=July 23, 2020}}

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = *Tillandsia elata Baker

• Tillandsia exaltata Mez

}}

Vriesea elata is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is an epiphyte native to Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=271793 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.selby.org/index.php?src=gendocs&link=bic_venbro2&category=Research Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism] retrieved 3 November 2009[http://www.selby.org/clientuploads/research/Bromeliaceae/EcuadorBromeliaceae.pdf Catalogue of Vascular Plants of Ecuador] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926234532/http://www.selby.org/clientuploads/research/Bromeliaceae/EcuadorBromeliaceae.pdf |date=2006-09-26 }} Retrieved 12 October 2009Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.