Tillandsia balbisiana

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Tillandsia Subgenus: Tillandsia Species: balbisiana
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Tillandsia balbisiana Schultes f., 1830

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Distribution:

Southern-USA (Florida), West Indies to Mexico, Colombia to Venezuela
epiphytic
up to 1500 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

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Original Description:

Tillandsia balbisiana Schultes f. (1830) In: Roemer & Schultes Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 1212-1213

(Syst. Veg.)

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Synonyms:

• Platystachys digitata Beer, 1857
• Tillandsia urbaniana Wittmack, 1889
• Tillandsia cubensis Gandoger, 1920
• Tillandsia dressleri L.B. Smith, 1962

Literature:

• Proctor & Read In: Adams (1972) Flowering Plants of Jamaica :48, 51
• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 985
• Julia & Alain Liogier (1977) Moscosoa 1: 34
• Zanoni, Milcíades & Read (1986) Moscosoa 4: 67-68
• Isley (1987) Tillandsia, The World's Most Unusual Airplants :22
• Kiff (1991) A distributional checklist of the Genus Tillandsia :7
• Baensch (1994) Blooming Bromeliads :202
• Steyermark, Berry & Holst (1997) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol.3: 660
• Roguenant (2001) Les Tillandsia et les Racinaea :212
• Dolatowski (2003) Journal of the Bromeliad Society 53(4): 160-162
• Luther (2006) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. X :86