Tillandsia flexuosa

Tillandsia flexuosa

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

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

Synonyms edit

  • 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 edit

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

Distribution edit

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

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