Tillandsia utriculata

Tillandsia utriculata

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. Tillandsia
Species: Tillandsia utriculata
Subspecies: T. u. subsp. pringlei – T. u. subsp. utriculata

Name

Tillandsia utriculata L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Platystachys utriculata (L.) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 266 (1856).
  • Vriesea utriculata (L.) Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1869: 34 (1869).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Northern South America Venezuela. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 286. Reference page. 

Links

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Tillandsia utriculata. Accessed: 2021 Nov 18.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Tillandsia utriculata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 18. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Tillandsia utriculata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Tillandsia utriculata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Tillandsia utriculata. Published online. Accessed: 18 Nov 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Tillandsia utriculata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Nov 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Spreading airplant

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