| Name | Vriesea simplex Beer |
| Authorship | Beer |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Vriesea Lindley |
| Citation | 1856 Fam. Brom. 97. |
| Holdings | 10 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Vriesea simplex Beer |
| Identification made in | [no date] (4), 1929 (2), 1930 (1), 1932 (1), 1939 (1), 1940 (1) |