Tillandsia flexuosa

Tillandsia flexuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Tillandsia
Species: T. flexuosa
Binomial name
Tillandsia flexuosa
Swartz
Synonyms[1]
  • Anoplophytum flexuosum (Sw.) Beer
  • Tillandsia aloifolia Hook.
  • Tillandsia patens Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Vriesea aloifolia (Hook.) Beer
  • Vriesea tenuifolia Beer
  • Platystachys patens (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) K.Koch

Tillandsia flexuosa, the twisted airplant,[2] is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America, southeastern Mexico (Veracruz, Yucatán Peninsula), northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas) and the United States (Florida).[1][3][4][5][6][7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ "Tillandsia flexuosa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Flora of North America, Tillandsia flexuosa Swartz, Prodr. 56. 1788.
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  5. ↑ An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica retrieved 3 November 2009
  6. ↑ Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism retrieved 3 November 2009
  7. ↑ Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism retrieved 3 November 2009
  8. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.


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