Tillandsia flexuosa

Tillandsia flexuosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Tillandsioideae
Tribus: Tillandsieae
Genus: Tillandsia
Subgenus: T. subg. Pseudocatopsis
Species: Tillandsia flexuosa

Name

Tillandsia flexuosa Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 56 (1788).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Anoplophytum flexuosum (Sw.) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 43 (1856).
• Heterotypic
  • Tillandsia flexuosa var. fasciata Lindl., Bot. Reg. 9: t. 749 (1823).
  • Tillandsia aloifolia Hook., Exot. Fl.: t. 205 (1826).
  • Tillandsia patens Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1229 (1830).
  • Vriesea aloifolia (Hook.) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 95 (1856).
  • Vriesea tenuifolia Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 96 (1856).
  • Platystachys aloifolia (Hook.) K.Koch, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(App. 4): 5 (1873).
  • Platystachys patens (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) K.Koch, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(App. 4): 5 (1873).
  • Tillandsia flexuosa var. vivipara André, Bromel. Andr.: 82 (1889).
  • Tillandsia flexuosa f. alba Takiz., J. Bromeliad Soc. 53: 54 (2003).

Homonyms

• Tillandsia flexuosa (Baker) Mez, nom. illeg. = Racinaea flexuosa (Baker) M.A.Spencer & L.B.Sm.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Aruba; Bahamas; Cayman Is.; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Florida; French Guiana; Guyana; Haiti; Jamaica; Netherlands Antilles; Puerto Rico; Trinidad-Tobago; Turks-Caicos Is.; Venezuelan Antilles; Windward Is. Regional: Central America Panam Regional: Northern South America Colombia; Venezuela; Suriname Continental: Northern America Mexico Southeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Swartz, O.P. (1788) Prodr. 56. 1788

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tillandsia flexuosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Tillandsia flexuosa. Published online. Accessed: Jul 05 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Tillandsia flexuosa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul 05.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Tillandsia flexuosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Jul 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tillandsia flexuosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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