Tillandsia argentea

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Tillandsia Subgenus: Tillandsia Species: argentea
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Tillandsia argentea Grisebach, 1866

Specimen of this species from Mexico and Guatemala have been set up as a new taxon Tillandsia fuchsii var. fuchsii f. gracilis in 1990 by Walter Till. Most plants considered as Tillandsia argentea are belonging to that taxon now, the real Tillandsia argentea is rather rare in cultivation.

Distribution:

Cuba, Jamaica

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Tillandsia argentea Grisebach (1866) Catalogus plantarum cubensium  :254

(Cat. Pl. Cub.)

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  Original Description of
  Tillandsia argentea
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  Original Description of
  Tillandsia argentea

Synonyms:

• none

Literature:

• Proctor & Read In: Adams (1972) Flowering Plants of Jamaica :48, 50
• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 975-976
• Isley (1987) Tillandsia, The World's Most Unusual Airplants:16
• Till (1990) Die Bromelie 2: 30-33
• Kiff (1991) A distributional checklist of the Genus Tillandsia :6
• Baensch (1994) Blooming Bromeliads :204
• Roguenant (2001) Les Tillandsia et les Racinaea :198, 374; the image on page 198 shows a Tillandsia fuchsii var. fuchsii f. gracilis
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :78