• raackii
• racemosa => Excluded taxa
• racinae
• racinaea => Racinaea kessleri
• ramealis => Excluded taxa
• ramellae
• ramireziana
• ramosa => utriculata
• ramosa var. cingstuniensis => Excluded taxa
• rangelensis
• rariflora
• rauhii
• rauhii var. longispica
• rauschii
• rayonesensis

• reclinata
• rectangula
• rectiflora => Racinaea fraseri
• x rectifolia
• recurvata Linnaeus
• recurvata Griseb. => virescens
• recurvata Baker => landbeckii
• recurvata (Gaudicharud) Baker => Vriesea recurvata
• recurvata var. argentea => recurvata
• recurvata var. brevifolia => recurvata
• recurvata var. caespitosa => recurvata
• recurvata var. ciliata => recurvata
• recurvata var. contorta => recurvata
• recurvata var. elongata => recurvata
• recurvata var. genuina => recurvata
• recurvata var. major => recurvata
• recurvata var. majuscula => recurvata
• recurvata var. minor => recurvata
• recurvata forma minuta => recurvata
• recurvata var. minuta => recurvata
• recurvifolia
• recurvifolia var. recurvifolia => recurvifolia
• recurvifolia var. subsecundifolia
• recurvispica
• reducta
• Reflexed airplant
• regina Vellozo => Alcantarea regina
• regina Baker => Alcantarea geniculata
• regina Baker => Alcantarea imperialis
• regnellii => gardneri
• reichenbachii
• religiosa
• remota
• renateae
• renateehlersiae
• restrepoana
• reticulata => Vriesea gigantea
• retorta
• retrorsa => streptocarpa
• rettigiana => calothyrsus
• reuteri
• reversa
• revoluta => duratii
• x Rex
• reyesii => Excluded taxa

• rhodocepahala
• rhodochlamys => leiboldiana
• rhodocincta => turneri var. orientalis
• rhododactyla => Vriesea rubra
• rhodosticta
• rhomboidea
• rhopalocarpa => Racinaea ropalocarpa

• rigida => erecta
• rigidula => Guzmania roezlii
• ringens => Werauhia ringens
• riocreuxii => Racinaea riocreuxii
• riohondoensis
• riverae

• robusta
• rodigasiana => Vriesea rodigasiana
• rodrigueziana
• roetingii => laminata
• roezlii
• rohdenardini => winkleri
• roland-gosselini
• romeroi
• romeroi var. gruberi
• ropalocarpa => Racinaea ropalocarpa
• rosacea
• rosarioae
• rosea Lindl. => stricta
• rosea Linden ex Regel => Exculded taxa
• roseiflora
• roseoscapa
• roseospicata
• x rothii
• rothschuhiana => Racinaea rothschuhiana
• rotundata

• rubella
• rubens => Excluded taxa
• rubentifolia => ionantha
• rubia
• rubida => geminiflora
• rubra Griseb => australis
• rubra Ruiz and Pav. => Vriesea rubra
• rubra hort. ex Antoine => Nidularium purpureum var. purpureum
• rubra L. S. Sm. => fendleri
• rubra var. costaricensis => oerstediana
• rubra var. fendleri => fendleri
• rubra var. reducta => fendleri var. reducta
• rubrispica
• rubro-violacea
• rudolfii
• rupestris => arhiza
• rupestris var. pendens => arhiza
• rupicola
• rusbyi
• rutschmannii => Racinaea dyeriana
• rzedowskiana